[lentulusgracchus]

Then how could you have missed the fact that the people of Missouri voted against secession in March 1861?

I didn't. But that wasn't the end of the story, was it?

How could you have missed the rest of it?

[Non-Sequitur]

I didn't.

Yes you did.

But that wasn't the end of the story, was it?

No. There was the forces of secession getting weapons and artillery from the confederate government, the loyal forces firing on the southern mob in St. Louis, the governor and rump legislature trying to take the state out of the Union in spite of the will of the people as expressed in convention, and the expulsion of those people from office. Now, go ahead and present your slant.

[GOPcapitalist]

I didn't. But that wasn't the end of the story, was it?

It wasn't even the beginning either. Missouri never had a secession referendum. The elected State Legislature did, however, adopt a secession ordinance in October.

[Gianni]

How could you have missed the rest of it?

Maybe it was a 'short' book?