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The Battle of Piedmont was fought June 5, 1864, in the village of Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia. Union Maj. Gen. David Hunter engaged Confederates under Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones north of Piedmont. After severe fighting, Jones was killed and the Confederates were routed.
Battery G, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery (1 section): Lt Samuel J. Shearer; Artillery Cpt Henry A. du Pont. Battery B, 1st Maryland Light Artillery: Cpt Alonzo Snow; 30th New York Independent Battery: Cpt Alfred Von Kleiser; Battery D, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery: Cpt John Carlin; Battery B, 5th United States Artillery: Lt Charles Holman
45th Virginia (617 officers and men): Ltc Alexander Davis (c); Maj Francis Miller Virginia Cavalry (dismounted, from W.E. Jones' Brigade) (380or500 officers and men): Maj R. Henry Brewer k Niter & Mining Battalion (Attached to Brewer's Command) (120 officers and men): [3] Capt James F. Jones
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Hunter resumed the Union offensive and defeated William E. "Grumble" Jones at the Battle of the Piedmont. Jones died in the battle, and Hunter occupied Staunton, Virginia. [3] On June 11 Hunter, who had continued to strike southward, fought at Lexington against John McCausland's Confederate cavalry, which retreated to the mountains around Buchanan.
Here the 36th Virginia escaped surrender at the Battle of Fort Donelson. After Nashville surrendered, many men received furloughs until May 1 and returned to Virginia. The unit reunited at Dublin Depot, retaking the Giles County courthouse (at Pearisburg on May 10 and regained control of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. The unit was ...
Piedmont is located 10.4 miles (16.7 km) northeast of Staunton, Virginia and 10.1 miles (16.3 km) north-northwest of Waynesboro, Virginia. [2] During the American Civil War, the Battle of Piedmont between Union forces under Maj. Gen. David Hunter and Confederate forces under William E. Jones was fought on June 5, 1864 just north of Piedmont ...
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles and reported 31 killed and 173 wounded. Later it was attached to the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee and participated in numerous conflicts including the fight at Piedmont. The 60th took part in Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley and fought its last battle at Waynesboro.