Battle of Blair Mountain

US military troops arriving in West Virginia.

The Battle of Blair Mountain was a worker's uprising against the United States in 1921. The US Army and West Virginia National Guard were sent to fight the miners, and leftover bombs from World War I were used.^[1] It was the largest armed uprising in the US since the Civil War.^[2]

References

↑ George D. Torok (2004). A guide to historic coal towns of the Big Sandy River Valley (p. 48). Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781572332829
↑ Chuck Kinder (2005). Last Mountain Dancer: Hard-Earned Lessons in Love, Loss, and Honky-Tonk Outlaw Life (p. 149). New York City: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780786716531

[1] George D. Torok (2004). A guide to historic coal towns of the Big Sandy River Valley (p. 48). Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781572332829

[2] Chuck Kinder (2005). Last Mountain Dancer: Hard-Earned Lessons in Love, Loss, and Honky-Tonk Outlaw Life (p. 149). New York City: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780786716531

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