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Civil War Soldiers - Hovey
| Hovey, Alvin P., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Posey county, Ind., Sept. 6, 1821. He was
educated in the Mount Vernon common schools, studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1843, practising subsequently with great
success. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in
1850, judge of the third judicial circuit, 1851-54, judge of the state
supreme court, 1854-56; president of the state Democratic convention,
in 1855, U. S. district attorney for Indiana, 1855-58, and in 1858 an
unsuccessful candidate for Congress. He entered the service of the
United States in 1861 as colonel of the 24th Ind. volunteers and was
promoted brigadier- general of volunteers, April 28, 1862. He
commanded the eastern district of Arkansas in 1863 and the district of
Indiana in 1864-65. Gen. Grant accredited him in his official report
with the honor of the key-battle of the Vicksburg campaign, that of
Champion's hill. Gen. Hovey resigned Oct. 7, 1865, and was, from
1865-70, by appointment of President Lincoln, U. S. minister to Peru.
He was a Republican representative in the 50th Congress, 1887-89 ;
governor of Indiana, 1889-91, and Republican candidate for the United
States senate in Jan., 1891. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 23,
1891. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Hovey, Charles E., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Thetford, Vt., April 26, 1827. He was educated
at Dartmouth college, where he was graduated in 1852; was principal of
the high school in Farmingham, Mass., 1852-54; of the boys' high
school, Peoria, Ill., 1854- 56; superintendent of public schools of
Peoria, 1856-57; president of the state teachers' association, 1856;
organizer and first president of the Illinois state normal university,
1857-61. He entered the national service in Aug., 1861, as colonel of
the 33d Ill. regiment, which was composed principally of young men
from the state colleges, and on Sept. 5, 1862, he was promoted
brigadier-general. He was forced by ill health to resign from the army
in the spring of 1863, and on March 13, 1865, was given the brevet
rank of major- general of volunteers "for gallant and meritorious
conduct in battle, particularly at Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863. After
the war Gen. Hovey practised law in Washington. He died in Washington,
D. C., Nov. 17, 1897.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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