"And Alcohol is no excuse, ask any cop. Not that I am suggesting that you are saying it was. But some do suggest that they (Yankee soldiers) were not responcible because they were drunk. And if alcohol was a factor then that suggest that the officers of those men failed to exercise the proper restrain and control over their men, which would imply a atmosphere of approval of such actions among the higher commands."

Doyle, we are on the same page. Stan