The absolute SHADE thrown by Ben Butler in this 1871 Congressional hearing on some disciplinary cases at West Point. Like, DAMN. I aspire to this level. 
The "disciplinary cases" are also worth mentioning, for the batshitness of their nature. So, some plebes manage to lie their way off campus and bring a bottle of booze to a waterfall, where they proceed to get drunk. I mean, disciplined initiative, really
But that's not the scandal. The scandal is that 3 upperclassmen find out, kidnap the plebes, escort them off campus, order them into their civilian clothes, and then kick them out of West Point. You know, with all the authority they have.
Some in the Army at the time are calling this a "lynch mob" which is super AWFUL timing for that, since, you know, the Army is actively fighting real lynch mobs in the south at this time. Some really tone deaf people in the Army at this time
Anyways, love how Ben Butler manages to get one extra twist in at the end where he's like, "ok, so you didn't let me march into Richmond, but hey, my Black troops did, and that's what matters."
TWIST: US Grant's SON ("who is neither handsome nor the reverse") is involved in this whole affair as an upperclass cadet and gets interviewed by the Army-Navy Journal. Short version: Grant Jr is all bout kidnapping people & expelling them to teach them a lesson about lying
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