Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Markii uu ahaa 25 jir, Hoffman wuxuu isu diiwaan geliyay ciidanka dagaalka sokeeye. Kadib markii uu isqoray Philadelphia bishii Ogosto 10, 1861, wuxuu si rasmi ah ugu soo biiray isla maalintaas isagoo ah shaqsi gaar ah oo ka tirsan Shirkadda E ee Ciidanka 72aad ee Pennsylvania (oo sidoo kale loo yaqaan "Fire Zouaves"). Waxaa la geeyay guurtidiisii Virginia, wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay dagaalkii Ball's Bluff (21 Oktoobar 1861), wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay horumarka ciidamada Midowga ee Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks ee Winchester iyo Yorktown, wuxuuna ku dagaalamay Toddoba Maalmood ee Dagaalkii
Toddoba geedo (sidoo kale loo yaqaan Fair Oaks, May 31 ilaa Juun 1, 1862), Saldhigga Savage (Juun 29, 1862), iyo Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862) ka hor inta aysan ku lug laheyn dagaalladii Antietam (Sebtember 17, 1862), Fredericksburg (December 12-15, 1862), iyo Chancellorsville (Abriil 30 ilaa May 6, 1863). Bishii Oktoobar 1, 1863, waxaa loo wareejiyay Shirkadda 143-aad ee Guutada 2-aad, Ciidanka Qaranka ee Mareykanka (sidoo kale loo yaqaan ciidanka naafada ah), ka dibna si sharaf leh ayaa loo soo saaray.