He served in the Union Army in the Civil War, and was promoted to the rank of major before being discharged in 1866.
He then attempted to work for the U.S. Land Office in Kentucky, but left for Wyoming only a few years later for a position as a U.S.
The book History of Wyoming by T. A. Larson credits this plan directly to Wolcott, other sources disagree and trace the "lynching bee" to WSGA board members.
[2] After the murder of Nate Champion, the Sheriff of Johnson County hunted down the Regulators at the TA Ranch near Crazy Woman Creek.
But due to the influence of the WSGA both Wolcott and his Regulators were set free without charge and never held to account for their killing spree.