Tillie was a young woman in the late 1860s. She just had survived the battle with her family and helped hundred of soldiers at either the Weikert Farm and/or Camp Letterman. She hoped for the best about her brothers James and William. Both brothers fought within the Civil War and both were discharged in 1865. Her older brother, James, was home-born and fought for the Union once he was of age.
He entered Pennsylvania University (know known as Gettysburg College) through the college preparatory department in town, but in the end, never graduated after attending four years. Prior to the Civil War, he was working with his father at the butcher shop.
He enlisted into the Union Army in 1861 in Chambersburg. He became a private for the 2nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company E. That regiment was then assigned to the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division. He was then re-assigned to Company K. James Pierce fought at the Second Battle of Bull Run which occurred in late August 1862, and he survived. However, after the battle he had a severe attack of rheumatism, and had medical conditions that plagued him. He was mainly confined to a hospital until the middle of portions of 1863. Luckily, his regiment did not fight at Gettysburg. However, his condition worsened and he was medically discharged in the fall of 1863.
All their children were born after the Civil War. Sadly, their first daughter passed away at a young age. Their second daughter, Emma, would marry her husband Harry Lee Hooper (1864-1960) and they would have a son (Lee Pierce Hopper – 1891-1970) and a daughter (Eva May Hopper – 1894-1945).
Lee Pierce Hopper would continue the family legacy of serving in the military. He would be part of the Ohio segment of Company C of the 166th infantry within Word War I. He would marry Clara Marie Leech and they would have one son together. Their son was Lee Calvin “Cal” Hopper (1925-1998).
Lee Calvin and his wife, Betty June Redding, would both serve in World War II. They would have a son and a daughter who are still descendants of James Shaw Pierce.