Civil War Memorial

Historical marker location:

113 N Court St, Ripley, West Virginia

( Memorial is on North Court Street just north of West Main Street (U.S. 33), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1915

The West Virginia Mine Wars, a series of labor disputes and violent conflicts between coal miners and mining companies, took place in the early 1900s. The conflicts, which included the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921, had a significant impact on the labor movement in the United States.