http://www.ilovemountains.org/memorial/c260/49 END MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING IN APPALACHIA! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:25:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://www.ilovemountains.org/memorial/c260/49#comment-36462 The Alliance for Appalachia » Blog Archive » Mountain Monday: The Legacy of Labor and Blair Mountain, WV Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:45:37 +0000 http://www.ilovemountains.org/memorial/c260/49#comment-36462 [...] Dr. Harvard Ayers: But the archeological record does more than simply corroborate the historical accounts. It adds considerable depth to our understanding of the battle. Whereas the history tells us that heavy fighting occurred at the three key locations, it does not tell us much about how these areas were defended. It documents in a broad sense the number of combatants, the main types of armaments (machine guns are frequently mentioned), and the broad ebb and flow of the battles. But it does not tell us for instance, the exact locations where the defenders made their stands. It does not detail how many of what weapons were used or the likely number of combatants at the defensive positions. The archeological record for the Battle of Blair Mountain has already yielded important information that fills some of these gaps in the historical record and has the potential to add even more to our understanding of the battle with future research. [...] […] Dr. Harvard Ayers: But the archeological record does more than simply corroborate the historical accounts. It adds considerable depth to our understanding of the battle. Whereas the history tells us that heavy fighting occurred at the three key locations, it does not tell us much about how these areas were defended. It documents in a broad sense the number of combatants, the main types of armaments (machine guns are frequently mentioned), and the broad ebb and flow of the battles. But it does not tell us for instance, the exact locations where the defenders made their stands. It does not detail how many of what weapons were used or the likely number of combatants at the defensive positions. The archeological record for the Battle of Blair Mountain has already yielded important information that fills some of these gaps in the historical record and has the potential to add even more to our understanding of the battle with future research. […]

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