Who is this person?

[PaigeBooth]

That is correct, Mr. Norton! Wonderful! The man in the photograph is in fact Stephen Weed. I find Mr. Weed's life and story to be an extremely interesting piece of Civil War history.

I first learned about General Weed after visiting Gettysburg with my family last year. During out stay, we visited the Shriver House on what I believe is still called Baltimore Street. As I learned while touring, the home was occupied by Mrs. Shriver and her two little girls when the battle broke out. Mrs. Shriver's husband, George, was enlisted in the war at that time and eventually, and also quite unfortunately, died while imprisoned at Andersonville (Libby) prison in 1864. Mrs. Shriver's neighbor, fifteen-year-old Tillie Pierce, who often baby sat Mrs. Shriver's daughters, accompanied Mrs. Shriver when she and her children fled their home in town, as the battle broke out on July 1st. Afraid of the battle, Mrs. Shriver, her girls, and Tillie then went to Mrs. Shriver's parents' home where they stayed throughout the battle. I was told Tillie's parents felt she would be safer out of town with Mrs. Shriver, and therefore consented for her to go along. Tillie Pierce later wrote a book about her experiences, titled ''At Gettysburg or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle." My tour guide suggested I should read it, so I purchased a copy at the Shriver House. Tillie's account is very accurate. But to get back to the subject of Mr. Weed, it is in Tillie's book where he is mentioned. Though it has always been said that General Weed died on Little Round Top after he was wounded, Tillie Pierce challenges history. She says in her book that although Mr. Weed was wounded on Little Round Top, he did not die there. The website you found, Mr. Norton, appears to agree with Tillie's book. Mr. Weed was carried down from Little Round Top to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weikert (Mrs. Shriver's parents) to have his wounds cared for. Tillie obviously knows this first hand because she was in that house and saw Mr. Weed. I felt it most touching when Tillie tells of how she sat with General Weed on the night of July 2, 1863, as he suffered with his wound. As Tillie says, she asked Weed if he suffered much, to which he replied, "Yes, pretty badly." When Tillie asked if there was anything she could do for him, he answered, "Will you promise me to come back in the morning and see me?" When Tillie came to his side the next morning, Weed was dead. She did not know the identity of Mr. Weed until after his death. Well, I hope some of this was interesting to those who tried to guess Stephen Weed. Like many at Gettysburg, Weed certainly gave his "last full measure of devotion."