WI 15th Inf Co B. Residence: Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born 28 May 1825 in Norway. Civil War: Age 39. Married. Enlisted for three years on 10 Nov 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered there on 16 Nov 1861. Private. Assigned to the Pioneer Corps in Nov 1862. Mustered out with B Company on 1 Dec 1864 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Died 24 Nov 1881. Buried in Cuming Count, Nebraska, at Norwegian Cemetery, lot 32. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-4; red book vol 20 p 30) (Buslett p384) (Ulvestad p292) (Ager p295) (RWV p809) (Rootsweb “Civil War Veterans, Cuming County, Nebraska”) “Hoff, Christopher” “Hoff, Christian”