The Battle of Blair Mountain, the culmination of the largest armed insurrection in the United States since the Civil War, ended on September 4, 1921.
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End of the Battle of Blair Mountain
Battle of Blair Mountain Correspondence
Harold Houston Letter
Newspaper Photographs Relating to the Battle of Blair
Mountain
West Virginia's Mine Wars
"The United States Army and the Return to Normalcy in
Labor Dispute Interventions: The Case of the West Virginia Coal Mine Wars, 1920-1921"
Sources on the Battle of Blair Mountain
Birth of Union Leader William Blizzard
"Blizzard Found Not Guilty"
"Blizzard Makes Speech; Calls Verdict
Vindication"
Special Plea in State of West Virginia v. William
Blizzard
William Blizzard to J. B. Easton (Ms97-24)
Blank labor contract, 1920s
Audio/Video Clip of Battle of Blair Mountain (not available at present)
Document-Based Questions