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Piedmont, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia is located in Virginia
Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia
Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia
Location in Virginia
Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia is located in the United States
Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia
Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Virginia
County Augusta
Elevation
1,227 ft (374 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
24437
Area code(s) 540
GNIS feature ID 1495091

Piedmont is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. 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. 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. During the battle, Jones was killed and Hunter's forces captured nearly 1,000 Confederate prisoners. The Confederate defeat near Piedmont allowed Hunter to easily occupy Staunton the next day, and threatened the Confederacy's security in the Shenandoah Valley as well as on other fronts, since it necessitated the need to detach Early's Second Corps from the main body of the Army of Northern Virginia near Petersburg, Virginia.

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