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==Battle of Blair Mountain== In August 1921, thousands of pro-union coal miners organized in Marmet and marched 60 miles to Mingo County through Boone County and then into Logan before entering into Mingo.<ref>{{cite news|title=Men Don't Know Why They Fight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/465063097 |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=The West Virginian |agency=newspapers.com |issue=Friday Evening Copy |publisher=The West Virginian |date=2 September 1921 |ref=The West Virginian}}</ref> The aim was an attempt to free striking miners who had been arrested after the governor declared martial law. This confrontation between armed minersโ and the coal companies' army constituted the largest pitched battle in the history of the labor movement in the United States and became the largest insurrection on U.S. soil since the American Civil War. The [[Battle of Blair Mountain|battle]] only ended after [[President Harding]] called in the army to suppress the uprising. Once the military intervened, the miners laid down their weapons and the fighting ended.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Park Service |first1=National |title=Introduction to the West Virginia Mine Wars |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/introduction-to-the-west-virginia-mine-wars.htm |website=National Park Service |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2 February 2022}}</ref>
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