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