In March, I stopped in New Hope to take a few pictures of the Piedmont Battlefield. This is a fairly new Civil War Trails sign in front of the community center on Battlefield Road in New Hope. Here's how the marker starts out:
Battle of Piedmont
Final Action at New Hope
The Battle of Piedmont, fought on June 5, 1864 between Union Gen. David Hunter and Confederate Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones. ended here. It began more than a mile northeast when the 12,000-man strong Federal army, whose mission was to scour the Shenandoah Valley of Confederates and then destroy the rail center at Charlottesville, encountered Jones's combined force of 6,000 infantry and cavalry. The third Union assault uphill against Jones's fortified line ended in Confederate disaster when Jones was killed while trying to rally his men during a Union flank attack.
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