Official Name: | Piedmont, Virginia |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Augusta |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1227 |
Coordinates: | 38.2139°N -78.8992°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 24437 |
Area Code: | 540 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1495091 |
Piedmont is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Piedmont is located 10.4miles northeast of Staunton, Virginia and 10.1miles 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.