Averell and Echols were the generals on the field at the Battle of Droop Mountain. Of the Union leaders in the battle, Harris, Moor, and Oley eventually became generals. Schoonmaker led a charge against a fort in the Third Battle of Winchester, and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Harris served on the commission that tried the Lincoln assassination conspirators. For the Confederates, Jackson eventually became a general, while Patton would have become a general if he had survived his wounds received at the Third Battle of Winchester. Patton is the grandfather of the famous World War II tank commander, George S. Patton.