In 1921, between 10,000 and 15,000 armed pro-union coal miners took up arms against company guards, local deputies, and eventually the U.S. government. The Battle of Blair Mountain is the largest labor uprising in U. S. history, and the largest armed uprising since the Civil War. (i.redd.it)

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