He had started the Gettysburg Campaign knowing that his young wife, Elizabeth H. Carter, whom he had married on the day he enlisted in the army, was pregnant with their first child.
Han havde indledt Gettysburg kampagnen i bevidstheden om, at hans unge kone, Elizabeth H. Carter, som han havde giftet sig med samme dag, som han lod sig indrullere i hæren, var gravid med deres første barn.