Hovey, Alvin Peterson

Life Span
to
Full name
Alvin Peterson Hovey
Place of Birth
Mount Vernon, IN
Burial Place
Mount Vernon, IN
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
5
Family
Abiel Hovey  (father), Frances Hovey (mother), Mary Ann James (first wife - died 1863), Rosa Alice Valette (second wife - died 1865)
Occupation
Politician
Military
Diplomat
Attorney or Judge
Other
Other Occupation
Bricklayer
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Republican
Government
Pierce Administration (1853-57)
Johnson Administration (1865-69)
Grant Administration (1869-77)
Diplomat
US House of Representatives
Governor
State supreme court
Military
Union Army
Date Event
The Army of the Tennessee secures its beachhead across the Mississippi at the Battle of Port Gibson
In Mississippi, the Army of the Tennessee wins a pivotal battle at Champion Hill and moves on to Vicksburg
The U.S. Supreme Court decides "Ex Parte Milligan" in favor of the plaintiffs and orders them released
How to Cite This Page: "Hovey, Alvin Peterson," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/39500.