The History Press Civil War Sesquicentennial Series has been very good at providing short but detailed accounts of many small battles that get sloughed off with a sentence or two in more comprehensive studies. The downside is sometimes a lot of padding to make a booklength study. This book provides a blow by blow account of the important battle of Allatoona Pass in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. The forces were relatively small but the stakes were high and the fighting was long and hard. There is lots of background on the major and minor characters involved. The maps and pictures are serviceable. The writing is at a somewhat conversational level and there is not much analysis. A big question is ignored, i.e., why didn't Sherman send help? Overall, I'm glad that Mr. Butkovitch took the time and made the effort to produce this account, and I'm glad I read it. ( )