In other words, you are judging these biographies based on cherry-picked snippets that appeal to your interest, alone. Gotcha.
You are in no place to be judging me as "a serious student" or these biographies that you merely scan.
I said that I had read quite a bit on Iuka; I did not claim to be a scholar of the subject. I was summarily dismissed by you because I had not visited some far-flung repository and read a pile of soldiers letters. Get it right, David. Unlike you, I do not pose to be a scholar, judge the works of others, and judge others by what they have read, without actually reading the material first. I am a modest individual. I try not to judge others, and I certainly do not try to elevate myself by listing all of the places I have visited. Who cares? I am not trying to compete with you, yet you feel the need to belittle my efforts by boasting your "resume".
By the by, for someone who poses "expectations" upon another "That is the standard I would expect of someone claiming to be well informed on any subject", I would expect YOU to have at least read the Grant biographies in full, before you summarily dismiss them. Perhaps my standards are too high?