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Battle of Piedmont, VA 5 June 1864, US Civil War

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    William Bassett Stark (USA) (1831 - 1907)
    is the son of Silas and Almira (Reed) Stark, born in Rushville, Yates County N.Y., In 1837 his parents moved to Canada, where he remained until about twenty years of age, learning and working at the tr...
  • Sgt. Albert Gallatin Hull, (USA) (1835 - 1921)
    Albert Gallatin Hull BIRTH 22 May 1835 Taylor County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 6 Oct 1921 (aged 86) New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA BURIAL New Sharon Friends Cemetery New Sharon, Mahaska County,...
  • Lieutenant Colonel (CSA), James Robert Claiborne (1840 - d.)
    Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Born in Franklin County, Virginia, he was the son of Congressman Nathaniel Claiborne. When the war for Southern independence began, he was working on a farm in Virgi...
  • Pvt. Edward Carrington Kinney, CSA (1845 - 1919)
    Edward Carrington Kinney was the youngest son of Nicholas Cabell Kinney and Mary Ann Ambler Fisher. He grew up in Staunton, Virginia where his father was Clerk of the Circuit Court of Law.Edward enlist...

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. Hunter occupied Staunton on June 6 and soon began to advance on Lynchburg, destroying military stores and public property in his wake.

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