Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pazera remakore 25, Hoffman akanyoresa nokuda kwebasa rehondo muHondo yaHurumende. 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"). Akatakurwa nehurumende yake kuenda kuVirginia, akaona chiito muHondo yeBall's Bluff (Gumiguru 21, 1861), akapinda mukufambira mberi kwemauto eUnion Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks paWinchester neYorktown, uye akarwa muhondo yeSeven Days ye
Seven 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.