Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pazera ramakore 25, Hoffman akanyoresa nokuda kwebasa rechiuto reHondo yaVagari vemo. Mushure mekunyoresa kuPhiladelphia musi waAugust 10, 1861, akabva aunganidzwa zviri pamutemo musi iwoyo iwoyo semunhu wega wega neCompany E ye72nd Pennsylvania Infantry (inozivikanwawo se "Fire Zouaves"). Akaendeswa nehurumende yake kuVirginia, akaona chiito muHondo yeBall's Bluff (October 21, 1861), akabatanidzwa mumauto eUnited States Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks paWinchester neYorktown, uye akarwa muhondo yeSeven Days yeSeven Pines
(inozivikanwawo seFair Oaks, May 31 kusvika June 1, 1862), Savage's Station (June 29, 1862), uye Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862) vasati vapinda muhondo dzeAntietam (September 17, 1862), Fredericksburg (December 12-15, 1862), uye Chancellorsville (April 30 kusvika May 6, 1863). Musi waOctober 1, 1863, akaendeswa ku143rd Company ye2nd Battalion, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps (inozivikanwawo sevasina kukwana), uye akazobviswa.