Jesse Gove
| Jesse Augustus Gove | |
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| Born |
December 5, 1824 Weare, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | June 27, 1862 (aged 37) Gaines' Mill, Hanover County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1847–1848 1855–1862 |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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| Commands held | 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry |
| Battles/wars |
Mexican-American War Utah War American Civil War |
Jesse Augustus Gove (December 5, 1824 – June 27, 1862) was an American soldier and lawyer, noteworthy for his military career and his role as a colonel in the American Civil War. After graduating from the Military Academy at Norwich, Vermont, Gove served in the Mexican-American War. After the war, he left the army and became a lawyer in New Hampshire, then returned to army service in 1855. During the Civil War he was colonel of the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and was killed leading that regiment in the Battle of Gaines' Mill.
Gove was born in Weare, New Hampshire, and, electing to pursue a career in the army, he was educated at Norwich Military Academy. In 1847 he was appointed second lieutenant in the 9th United States Infantry. He served in the Mexican-American War during which he was promoted to first lieutenant.
At the close of the war, the 9th U.S. Infantry was disbanded. Gove took up the study of law at the Concord, New Hampshire law offices of Pierce & Minot, of which Franklin Pierce (soon to become President of the United States) was the senior partner. Gove was admitted to the bar in 1851. From 1850 to 1855 he was Deputy Secretary of State for New Hampshire.
In 1855, he returned to the regular army and was commissioned captain of Company I, 10th United States Infantry. In this capacity he served under Col. Albert Sidney Johnston during the Utah War (an insurrection of Mormon settlers in Utah Territory against the U.S. government) in 1857 and 1858. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Gove's regiment was still garrisoned in Utah, however he returned to Washington in the summer of 1861 to seek a more active post.
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