Their father, who had been a Whig and opposed secession until the very last, on Virginia's Seceding, finally cast his lot with his people, and joined an infantry company; and Uncle William raised and equipped an artillery company, of which he was chosen captain; but the infantry was too tame and the artillery too ponderous to suit the boys.
"Two Little Confederates"
Thomas Nelson Page
He urged the General Assembly to promptly express the determination of Missouri to resist every attempt by the Federal Government to coerce any State to remain in the Union, or to use force in any way to collect revenues or execute the laws in any Seceding State.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy
They also stood up and encouraged one another, and among other things urged that they ought not to lose heart because the city had revolted from them, as the party Seceding was smaller and in every way poorer in resources than themselves.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
Thucydides