Chapters Twenty and Twenty-one Summary

Rondal, Carrie, and Dr. Booker depart Charleston to march with thousands of other miners to Justice County. Rondal explains that they will have to pass through Sheriff Don Chafin's Logan County, and that is where they expect the battle to occur. The union passes out rifles to the miners. The following morning Rondal brings Carrie breakfast, but instead of eating she vomits. Carrie knows why she is ill, but she will not tell Rondal. The miners commandeer a train and use it to ferry armed miners to a staging area for the upcoming battle.

Rondal, Carrie, and Dr. Booker arrive at Blair Mountain to discover that the union leadership has called off the march. Blair Mountain is all that separates the miners from Logan County, which is all that separates the miners from Justice County. Rondal is...