According to N.O.C. Vol. 5, pg. 47; Ref.: "Genealogy & Biography of Leading Families of the City of Baltimore and Baltimore County, MD", pub. 1897. Thomas Zadock Offutt spent his boyhood years at home, but when 17 years of age he went to Washington and secured a clerkship in a store in Georgetown. B.A. Degree from the University of VA; Medical Degree from the University of PA in 1856. Surgeon with the Confederate Army in the 4th VA Infantry (According to the "Southern Historical Society Papers" at the State Library in VA Vol. 22, p. 244 - List of soldiers, Medical Officers of the Army of Tennessee, T. Z. Offutt, Assistant Surgeon, Sept. 30, 1863, 4th Texas [Note that unit is 4th Texas as opposed to N.O.C. Vol. 5 information, i.e. 4th VA] ). According to Helen Parlett Horsey he lived first in Montgomery Cty., MD, then moved to Virginia, and then settled in Baltimore Cty., MD. He lived there until his death. Offutt Road between Granite and Randallstown named for him.
Ref.: "National Archives"
Offutt, T. F. , A Surg 45 GA Regiment. Appears on a list of prisoners of war paroled April 24 to 29, 1865, at various places in Virginia and West Virginia.
List dated, not dated, 186
Date: April 25, 1865
By Whom Given Wm (?) Gramm Maj. & P.M.
Where Given: Charleston, WV
Remarks: None
Note: Need to check POW files at Charleston, WV at the National Archives.
According to a story told to Thomas Offutt by his father about how his grandfather Dr. T. Zadok Offutt had rushed to Fredricksburg when his long time patient Stonewall Jackson had been shot. (Note: Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own troops in May of 1863 during the Battle of Chancellorsville, as T. Zadok Offutt was supposedly a surgeon for the 45th VA Infantry or the 4th VA Infantry or the 45th GA Infantry it may be hard to confirm this story. Both the 4th VA and the 45th GA were at Chancellorsville. From what I've been able to find so far the 45th VA wasn't.
Thomas Offutt further relates that Thomas Zadok Offutt was the personal physician of Stonewall Jackson before the Civil War. He confirmed this through research at the Confederate Medical Library at Richmond, VA. When T. Z. heard that Jackson had been shot he took the train from Richmond to Fredericksburg, but Jackson had died. Thomas states that his father thinks that the personal surgeon is an exaggeration, that Thomas Zadock may have treated or attended to Stonewall Jackson on occasion.