Battle of Blair Mountain 1921
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 25 August 1921 – 2 September 1921 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1921 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Interwar (1919–1938) | derived from year |
| Location | United States | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | North America | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Coal Wars, West Virginia coal wars | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency, United Mine Workers, United States Army | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 37.8300, -81.9400 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
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. The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia.
For five days, from late August to early September 1921, 10,000 armed coal miners confronted 3,000 lawmen and strikebreakers (called the Logan Defenders) who were backed by coal mine operators during the miners' attempt to unionize the southwestern West Virginia coalfields when tensions rose between workers and mine management. The battle ended after approximately one million rounds were fired, and the United States Army, represented by the West Virginia National Guard, which was led by McDowell County native William Eubanks, intervened by presidential order.
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