In 1864, General Grant tasked General David Hunter with raiding the breadbasket of the Shenandoah Valley and destroying the Confederate factories and supply lines.
Sweeping on to victory, Federal forces then occupied Staunton and.
It was a bloody day--the Battle of Piedmont saw more men killed and wounded than in any of Stonewall Jackson\'s 1862 Valley encounters. "Grumble" Jones, and the forces collided up the fertile fields of eastern Augusta County.
General Lee dispatched General William E.
In 1864, General Grant tasked General David Hunter with raiding the breadbasket of the Shenandoah Valley and destroying the Confederate factories and supply lines