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Lew Wallace
Lewis Wallace was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, artist, inventor, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the ninetee…
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Born 10 April 1827 · Died 15 February 1905 · Q357102
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2026· 1 entry
2022· 1 entry
Chicago Tribune: Lew Wallace reduced to rubble, bricks to be offered to community
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2015· 1 entry
Dollars), and provided Wallace's family with financial security
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2014· 1 entry
The Gary School Board voted 4 to 2 to close Lew Wallace, along with five other schools
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2010· 1 entry
On his last day in office, then-Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico declined a pardon request from Bonney's supporters, citing a "lack of conclusiveness and the historical ambiguity" over Wallace's promise of amnesty
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1980· 1 entry
It had never been out of print and had been adapted for the stage and several motion pictures
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1926· 1 entry
At 415 West 45th Avenue in Gary, Indiana
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1905· 2 entries
Died 1905-02-15.
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“Najmniejszy ptaszek nie spocznie na najwspanialszem drzewie tak, by nie poruszył najdelikatniejszych strun jego życia, owych niewidzialnych nici stanowiących rdzeń żywotności. Tak i umysł ludzki bywa równie czułym na najlżejsze słowo.”
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1900· 1 entry
Ben-Hur became the best-selling American novel of the 19th century, surpassing Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
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1898· 1 entry
At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, Wallace, at age seventy-one, offered to raise and lead a force of soldiers, but the war office refused
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1894· 1 entry
His first return since 1862, and retraced his journey to the battlefield with veterans from the 3rd Division
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1886· 1 entry
And influenced many later accounts of Wallace's actions on the first day of battle
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1883· 1 entry
An editorial aimed at Wallace appeared in the newspaper Havatzelet (xiii
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1881· 3 entries
By Sheriff Pat Garrett, who had been appointed by local ranching interests who had tired of his rustling their herds
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And was waiting for a new political appointment
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Career landmark: ambassador of the United States to the Ottoman Empire (1881–1885).
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1880· 1 entry
While living at the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, Wallace also completed the manuscript for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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1879· 2 entries
Wallace secretly met with Bonney, who had witnessed the murder of a Lincoln County lawyer named Huston Chapman
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After previous efforts to restore order in Lincoln County had failed, Wallace ordered the arrest of those responsible for local killings
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1878· 2 entries
To begin his service as governor of the New Mexico Territory during a time of lawless violence and political corruption
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Career landmark: Governor of the Territory of New Mexico (1878–1881).
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1873· 1 entry
“in the Christian conception of God”
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1868· 1 entry
And 1870), and supported Republican presidential candidate Rutherford B
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1867· 1 entry
To practice law, but the profession did not appeal to him, and he turned to politics
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1865· 5 entries
Effective November 30, and returned to Mexico to assist the Mexican army
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After all eight conspirators were found guilty
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Wallace accepted an offer to become a major general in the Mexican army, but the agreement, which was contingent upon his resignation from the U
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Wallace was appointed to the military commission that investigated the Lincoln assassination conspirators
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Grant ordered Wallace to the Rio Grande in southern Texas to investigate Confederate military operations in the area
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1864· 1 entry
Assumed command of VIII Corps, which was headquartered in Baltimore
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1863· 3 entries
Wallace wrote Sherman for advice on the issue
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Wallace returned to Indiana to wait for a new command
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Wallace wrote a letter to Halleck that provided an official explanation of his actions
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1862· 2 entries
Halleck reorganized his army and removed Wallace and McClernand from the front lines, placing both of them in reserve, with McClernand commanding
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The Battle of Shiloh began in which Grant's army at Pittsburg Landing was surprised and began to be pushed back by a sudden attack from the Confederate Army under Gen
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1861· 2 entries
Wallace was promoted to brigadier general of United States Volunteers and given command of a brigade
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Wallace went with the 11th Indiana to Cumberland, Maryland, and on June 12, the regiment won a minor battle at Romney, Virginia, (in present-day West Virginia)
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1857· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the State Senate of Indiana (1857–1859).
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1851· 1 entry
Wallace was elected prosecuting attorney of Indiana's 1st congressional district, but he resigned in 1853 and moved his family to Crawfordsville
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1849· 1 entry
And they were married in Crawfordsville on May 6, 1852
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1848· 1 entry
Wallace met Susan Elston at the Crawfordsville home of Henry S
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1847· 1 entry
And returned to Indiana, where he intended to practice law
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1846· 1 entry
Mustered into military service with the Marion Volunteers (also known as Company H, 1st Indiana Volunteer Infantry)
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1843· 1 entry
Wallace began writing his first novel, The Fair God; or, the Last of the 'Tzins, but it was not published until 1873
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1842· 1 entry
After his father refused to pay for more schooling
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1840· 1 entry
When Wallace was thirteen, his father sent him to a private academy at Centerville, Indiana, where his teacher encouraged Lew's natural affinity for writing
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1837· 1 entry
After David's election as governor of Indiana, the family moved to Indianapolis
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1836· 1 entry
At the age of nine, Lew joined his older brother in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he briefly attended the preparatory school division of Wabash College, but soon transferred to another school more suitable for his age
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1832· 1 entry
The family moved to Covington, Indiana, where Lew's mother died from tuberculosis on July 14, 1834
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1827· 1 entry
Born 1827-04-10.
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1822· 1 entry
And moved to Brookville, where he established a law practice and entered Indiana politics
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