In August 1921, an estimated 15,000 coal miners and their allies participated in the largest armed labor uprising in US history. — West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
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The Redneck Army planned to free their compatriots from jail, help win the Mingo strike, and unionize the southern counties. First, they would have to go through Logan County where Sheriff Don Chafin, whose salary was paid by coal operators, had assembled an army of three thousand deputies and mine