Wickham HoffmanWickham Hoffman was a lawyer, diplomat, and Union Army colonel. Hoffman was born in New York City to Murray Hoffman, Vice Chancellor and Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, and Frances Burrall. Hoffman graduated from Harvard College in 1841. He married Elizabeth Baylies on May 14, 1844. He was admitted to the New York Bar and practiced law until the outbreak of the American Civil War. Hoffman held a variety of positions during the war, including Aide-de-camp to Governor Edwin D. Morgan, Inspector of New York troops at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, in 1861, and Assistant Adjutant General, United States Volunteers, in 1862, before being assigned to Brigadier General Thomas Williams' staff in the expedition at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He continued his military career by serving as Assistant Adjutant General on General William T. Sherman's staff from 1862 to 1863, and he accompanied Major General W. B. Franklin during the Red River Campaign in 1863. He continued to serve until 1865. Read More Read Less