Lew Wallace
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| Lewis Wallace | |
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| Personal | |
| Date & Place of Birth | April 10, 1827 Brookville, Indiana |
| Parents | David Wallace Esther French Test Wallace |
| Religion | Disciples of Christ |
| Spouse | Susan Arnold Elston (m. 1852) |
| Children | Henry Lane Wallace |
| Date & Place of Death | February 15, 1905 Crawfordsville, Indiana |
| Place of Burial | Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana |
| Military | |
| Education | |
| Branch of Service | United States Army |
| Years of Service | 1846–1847, 1861–1865 |
| Highest rank awarded | Major General |
| Commands held | 11th Indiana Infantry 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee VIII Corps |
| Battles participated in | Fort Donelson Shiloh Corinth Monacacy |
| Post-war career | Governor, New Mexico Territory Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire(1881-) Author of: The Fair God: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico' (1873) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) The Life of Benjamin Harrison (1888) Boyhood of Christ (1888) The Prince of India, or, Why Constantinople Fell (1893) |
