Hiram Scofield

Hiram Scofield (July 1, 1830 – December 30, 1906) was a lawyer and Union Army officer during the American Civil War. In the spring of 1864, he was assigned to command the 2nd Brigade of Maj. Gen. Edward Canby's division. The regiment was transferred to Pensacola, Florida, and then participated in the Battle of Fort Blakeley and the capture of Mobile, Alabama. Scofield and his men thereafter were stationed in Louisiana and Texas.

Scofield was mustered out of the volunteers on January 5, 1866. On February 24, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Scofield for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on April 10, 1866.

Postbellum activities After the Civil War, Scofield resumed his law practice in Iowa, which he continued until his death in 1906 in Seattle, Washington.

Hiram Scofield held "one of the largest private libraries in the nation. After his death his personal library was split between the cities of Washington and Wellman."