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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221M_battle-of-piedmont_Grottoes-VA.html
On 5 June 1864, Confederate Brigadier General William E,
"Grumble" Jones deployed his 5,600-man force to
stop Union Major General David Hunter's advance on
Staunton. The main battle line formed just south of
here. Jones repulsed two …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8TV_george-caleb-bingham_Grottoes-VA.html
George Caleb Bingham, a renowned American genre painter of the 19th century, was born in a frame house just north of here on 20 March 1811. Bingham moved to Missouri in 1819, where he began painting portraits in the 1830s and later specialized in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28O_piedmont-battlefield_Grottoes-VA.html
Here on June 5, 1864, was fought the Battle of Piedmont for the possession of Staunton.
Union Forces under Gen. David Hunter 12,015 men and suffered a loss of 130 killed and 650 wounded. Confederate forces numbering 5,600 men under Gen. W.E.Jon…