The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. [5] [6] The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th …

Due to the size, length, and violence involved, the legacy of this short battle has loomed large in American labor history, and continues to be a symbol of workers’ struggles in the past—many of which continue to resonate today. The Blair Mountain Battle site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NHRP). The NRHP is the ...

Dec 22, 2018 · File: Map of the movement of the union miners in Battle of Blair Mountain.png

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The Battle of Blair Mountain began on August 31st 1921 as striking union miners clashed with an ad hoc army funded by private coal operators. On September 2nd after two days of fighting, the United States Secretary of War ordered two thousand US soldiers to Logan, WV to intervene.

Aug 25, 2021 · The Battle of Blair Mountain saw 10,000 West Virginia coal miners march in protest of perilous work conditions, squalid housing and low wages, among other grievances.

Maps -- State Highway, Topographic, Battle of Blair Mountain and WV Mine Wars [8 sheets], undated, Map Case: 11, Drawer: 6, Folder: 6. Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology Records, A&M 3936. West Virginia and Regional History Center. Copy to clipboard

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Map showing road over Blair Mountain. Blair Mountain, the site of the largest labor uprising in U.S. history, is a peak in southern West Virginia on the ridge between the valleys of the Little Coal and Guyandotte river valleys. Near its summit, the location of the Battle of Blair Mountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...

The battle of Blair Mountain raised awareness of the appalling conditions faced by miners in dangerous mining operations and led directly to a change in union tactics from take up arms to taking on political actions to combat abusive and poor working conditions.