HOVEY, Alvin Peterson

Affiliation:  Union

Born: September 6 1821, nr Mt Vernon IN

Died: November 23 1891, Indianapolis IN

Pre-War Profession: Bricklayer, teacher, lawyer, judge, US district attorney

War Service: July 1861 Col. of 24th Indiana, Shiloh, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded a Dist. in Eastern Arkansas, commanded 12th Divn/XIII Corps in Vicksburg campaign, Champion's Hill, recruitment duty, served in the early part of the Atlanta campaign, commanded the Dist. of Indiana.

Post War: Lawyer, US minister to Peru, US congressman, governor