So burning the law office was akin to burning his bridges behind him. There is a scene in a movie about Confederates and Yankees going to Mexico together, with John Wayne and Rock Hudson, where Hudson burns his plantation house, barn, and outbuildings, to keep the carpetbaggers from getting possession. I forget the name of the movie, but that scene sticks with me, for what it says about the loss suffered by the South. I enjoy reading about your family. Stan