grant's memoirs -- memoirs come out rosecrans comes in for very serious criticism by grants. he comes in almost as a bumbling clown opposed to butler. he criticizes butler but says at least he was a gallant officer who did the best he could. can you respond to that? >> if only we have the time, but we don't. i think it was personal friction between the two men. it was mutual. william rosecrans led the charge to make sure that grant was not restored to the army in 1885. in that sense, that you'd just continued and continued after the war. cut grant some who did not want restoration of his military role, but was refusing opportunity.e >> sir? grant's memoirs because we have been talking about memoirs -- how would you rate them as a biography. i wouldn't. by definition it's not telling your own story. as awas going to say biography, i would call it extremely subjective. [laughter] >> thank you. all so much.you we want to thank our panelists. we have aike 15-minute break and the next 45 in thisgins at 2: room, so thank you. this is american history tv on c-span3. we're live from

there are people who tell me william rosecrans won the battle of chickamauga. this is the strangest victory -- if he won chickamauga, then lee won gettysburg. henry halleck really had a struggle finding his revisionist biographer. there is an opportunity for some young graduate student who wants to make their mark on the field. there have been attempts, but they have fallen short, much as halleck did for most of his career. the thing you look at when you study henry halleck -- by the way, that is a painful exercise he often itself -- meddled and interfered without directing. he was the guy who would tell you why whatever you were doing was wrong and you would say what should i do? and he was a, i don't know. that's not my job. you all know these people. great second guess her. a great critic. a miserable failure in terms of giving constructive direction throughout the conflict. -- he is serving basically as a representative of the administration in his dealings with george mcclellan .nd ulysses s. grant after the seven-day battle, halleck visits mcclellan at ha

grant's memoirs -- memoirs come out rosecrans comes in for very serious criticism by grants.e comes in almost as a bumbling cloud