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Born in Berrysburg, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1839, Thomas William Hoffman was a son of Amos Hoffman (1809–1897) and Amanda (Harper) Hoffman (1815–1897). He was reared and educated in Dauphin County with siblings: Jacob Franklin (1841–1916), Edwin (born circa 1845), Henrietta C. (1849–1932), and Adeline H. (1853–1943). His younger brother, Oscar A. (1857–1857), was just two weeks old when he died on May 2, 1857.^[3]

In 1850, Thomas Hoffman resided with his parents and siblings, John, Edwin, and Henrietta, on the family's farm in Lykins Township.^[4]

Civil War

Returning home to Dauphin County, Hoffman then helped to raise a new regiment, the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry. Re-enrolling for Civil War military service and commissioned as a captain by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on September 7, 1864, he was then placed in charge that same day of Company A of that regiment.^[10]^[11] His younger brother, Jacob, served under him in Company A.^[12]

Attached to the Provisional Brigade, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, U.S. Army of the James, from September to November 1864, Hoffman and his fellow 208th Pennsylvanians performed fatigue and picket duties in the vicinity of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia as part of the operations related to the Siege of Richmond. Reassigned to the Provisional Brigade, 9th U.S. Army Corps' Army of the Potomac for December of that year, they supported the Union's Weldon Railroad Expedition. Reassigned to the 9th Corps' 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, they then fought in the battles of Dabney's Mill and Hatcher's Run (February 5–7, 1865), Fort Stedman (March 25), and in the Appomattox Campaign (March 28 to April 9).^[13]

Recognized for his valor that day, Hoffman was promoted by brevet to the rank of major on March 25.^[16] Afterward, the 208th Pennsylvania moved on in pursuit of Confederate General-in-Chief Robert E. Lee's army (April 3–9) and, following Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, was involved in Union Operations at Nottaway Court House (April 9–20), City Point (April 20–28), and Alexandria from late April until mid-May when then regiment headed to Washington, D.C. in order to participate in the Union's Grand Review of the Armies (May 23).^[17]

On June 1, 1865, Hoffman was honorably when his regiment was mustered out of service.^[18] On August 2, 1865, he was recognized for his service to the nation with a brevet promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel of volunteers. In response, he penned a thank you note from his home at Port Trevorton.^[19]

Post-war life

Following his honorable discharge from the military, Hoffman returned home to Pennsylvania. Less than a month later, on June 27, 1865, he wed Sallie F. Shindel (1843–1890) at Saint John's Lutheran Church near Berrysburg in Lykens Township, Dauphin County. A native of Gratz in Dauphin County, she was a daughter of Solomon Shindel, who had served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1843.^[20]^[21] Shortly thereafter, Hoffman and his wife welcomed the births of three children: Susan, Mary (also known as "Mamie"), and Elizabeth, who were born, respctively, circa 1866, 1868, and 1876.^[22]^[23]

By 1890, Hoffman had relocated to Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was residing in the community of Mount Carmel. That year, he became a widower when his wife, Sallie, passed away in Mount Carmel on April 2, and was laid to rest at the Pomfret Manor Cemetery in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.^[24] Nearly a year to the day later, he remarried, taking Helen Delucia Fisk, M.D. (1848–1941) as his second wife in a wedding ceremony which was held on April 5, 1892 in Dansville, New York, where Fisk, a graduate of the New York Medical College, was employed as a physician by the Jackson Sanitarium.^[25]

By the turn of the century, Hoffman was working as a bookkeeper for the Meadow Brook Coal Company, and residing with his second wife at the boarding house operated by Margaret Kries and Marion Cantner at 124 Adams Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania.^[26]^[27]

Death and interment

Hoffman died at the age of 65, on April 18, 1905 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His remains were carried by train from Lackwanna County to Northumberland County via the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, where he was then laid to rest at the Pomfret Manor Cemetery in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.^[28]

Medal of Honor citation

See also

External links

References

1. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W.", in "[https://history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_gl.html#HOFFMAN Medal of Honor Recipients: Civil War (G-L)]". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History, retrieved online August 11, 2014.
2. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W." (profile). Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina: Congressional Medal of Honor Society, retrieved online August 11, 2014.
3. ^[https://archive.org/details/genealogicalbiog00floy Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County Pennsylvania Containing a Genealogical Record of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers, and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, Prepared from Data Obtained from Original Sources of Information], pp. 77-78. Chicago, Illinois: J.L. Floyd & Co., 1911.
4. ^"Hoffman, Amos, Amanda, Thomas, Jacob, Edwin, and Henrietta", et. al., in U.S. Census (Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1850). Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
5. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W.", in "Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866" (72nd Pennsylvania Infantry). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Archives.
6. ^"[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48263519/ Brave Soldier Dead: End of a Man Who Was Given a Medal of Honor by Congress for Gallantry: A Splendid War Record]." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Scranton Republican, April 20, 1905, p. 7.
7. ^Gasbarro, Norman. "Obituary of Thomas W. Hoffman – Medal of Honor Recipient". Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: PA Historian, August 11, 2014 (retrieved online August 22, 2018).
8. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W.", in "Civil War Veterans' Card File" (72nd Pennsylvania Infantry).
9. ^"[https://www.fold3.com/image/295831715?terms=%22Thomas%20W.%20Hoffman%22 Hoffman, Thomas W.]", in "Civil War Service Records: Union Records: Veteran Reserve Corps (Index Cards)". Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (made available through the Wikipedia Library partnership with Fold3; registration required).
10. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W.", in "Registers of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865" (Record Group 19: 208th Regiment, Company A, in "Records of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs". Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission), retrieved online August 22, 2018.
11. ^Cox, Christopher. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pwOfBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA434&lpg=PA434&dq=%22Thomas+W.+Hoffman%22+and+%229th+Army%22&source=bl&ots=AqDzpJcoEk&sig=uk1eC49tSYaFYnwIYe1alyT0ccg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCrMTi3oLdAhUEYKwKHYchCowQ6AEwAXoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Thomas%20W.%20Hoffman%22%20and%20%229th%20Army%22&f=false History of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments: Artillery, Cavalry, Volunteers, Reserve Corps, and United States Colored Troops]. Raleigh, North Carolina: Lulu Publishing, 2013. {{ISBN|978-1-300-71312-8}}
12. ^Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County Pennsylvania, pp. 77-78.
13. ^"[https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UPA0208RI 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry]", in "Battle Unit Details", in "The Civil War", in "Soldiers and Sailors Database". Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Park Service, retrieved online August 22, 2018.
14. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W.", in "Records of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865: 208th Regiment, Company A".
15. ^"Brave Soldier Dead", The Scranton Republican.
16. ^Bates, Samuel P. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; Prepared in Compliance with Acts of the Legislature, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.aby3439.0005.001;view=1up;seq=721 Vol. 5: Two Hundred and Eighth Regiment], p. 694. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1871.
17. ^"208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry", in "Soldiers and Sailors Database", U.S. National Park Service.
18. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W.", in U.S. Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1890).
19. ^"[https://www.fold3.com/image/305278820?terms=%22Thomas%20W.%20Hoffman%22 Hoffman, Thomas W.]" (Oath of Office), in "Letters Received by Commission Branch, 1863-1870". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of the Adjutant General and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (made accessible through the Wikipedia Library partnership with Fold3; registration required).
20. ^"Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940" (FHL microfilm 845,111 and database entries for "Thomas Hoffman and Sally Schindel, Saint Johns Lutheran Church Near Berrysburg,Mifflin Twp,Dauphin,Pennsylvania". Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library and FamilySearch.
21. ^Kelker, Luther Reily. [https://archive.org/details/historyofdauphin01kelk History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania], Vol. I, p. 117. New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.
22. ^"[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171530754/helen-delucia-hoffman Dr. Helen Delucia Fisk Hoffman]" (memorial and gravesite information). Salt Lake City, Utah: Find A Grave, retrieved online August 22, 2018.
23. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W., Helen F. Hoffman, Margaret Kries, and Marion Cantner", et. al., in U.S. Census (Scranton, Ward 17, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1900). Washington, D.C. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
24. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W.", in U.S. Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War (1890).
25. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W., Helen F. Hoffman, Margaret Kries, and Marion Cantner", et. al., in U.S. Census (1900).
26. ^"Brave Soldier Dead" (1905 obituary of Hoffman from a Scranton newspaper found in his widow's U.S. Civil War Pension file). Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
27. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W., Helen F. Hoffman, Margaret Kries, and Marion Cantner", et. al., in U.S. Census (1900).
28. ^"Brave Soldier Dead", The Scranton Republican.
29. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W.", in "Medal of Honor Recipients: Civil War (G-L)", U.S. Army Center of Military History.
30. ^"Hoffman, Thomas W.", Congressional Medal of Honor Society.