Despite a later victory at Hatcher's Run, the humiliation of Reams's Station contributed, along with the lingering effects of his Gettysburg wound, to his decision to give up field command in November.
Trods en senere sejr i Slaget ved Hatcher's Run bidrog ydmygelsen ved Reams's Station, sammen med effekten af hans sår fra Gettysburg til hans beslutning om at opgive sin kommando i felten i november.