Lewis “Lew” Wallace
Born: April 10, 1827
Birthplace: Brookville, Indiana
Father: Governor David Wallace 1799 – 1859
(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Mother: Esther French Test 1806 – 1834
(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Wife: Susan Arnold Elston 1830 – 1907
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana)
Married: May 6, 1852
Children:
Henry Lane Wallace 1853 – 1926
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana)
Occupation before War:
Copyist for Marion County, Indiana, Clerk’s Office
Served in the Marion Rifles militia in Marion Co., Indiana
1846 – 1847: Served in Mexican – American War Adjutant and 1st Lt.
Half Owner and Editor of The Free-Soil Banner Newspaper
Attorney in Covington, Indiana
1851 – 1853: Prosecuting Attorney for 1st Congressional District
Attorney in Crawfordsville, Indiana
Indiana State Senator
Organizer of Crawfordsville Guards, Independent Militia
1859 – 1860: Adopted the Zouave Uniform for his men
Civil War Career:
1861: Helped to recruit volunteers in Indiana for the Union Army
1861: Adjutant General for the State of Indiana
1861: Colonel of 11th Indiana Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861: Served in the Battle of Romney, Western Virginia
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General, Union Army, Infantry
1862: Served in the Battle of Forts Henry and Donelson
1862 – 1865: Major General, Union Army, Infantry
1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Commander of Camp Chase Prisoner of War Camp
1862 – 1863: In charge of commission to investigate Don Carlos Buell
1863: Helped protect the railroad junction at North Vernon, Indiana
1864: Union Army Commander at the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland
1865: Sent to investigate Confederate Military on Rio Grande
1865: Discussed proposals for Trans – Mississippi to Surrender
1865: Member of Military Commission to investigate Conspirators
1865: Head of commission to investigate Henry Wirtz
1865: Resigned from the Union Army on November 30th
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1867: Major General in the Mexican Army
1868: Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. Congressman
1870: Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. Congressman
1873: Author of The Fair God
1876: Supporter of Rutherford B. Hayes for President
1878 – 1881: Governor of New Mexico Territory
1880: Author of Ben – Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1881 – 1885: United States Minister to Ottoman Empire
1893: Author of The Prince of India or Why Constantinople Fell
Wrote a biography of President Benjamin Harrison
1895: Had surgery on a malignant ulcer on his nose
1898: Author of The Wooing of Malkatoon
1898: Offered to raise soldiers and lead them Spanish American War
1901 – 1902: Required surgeries on his nose
1904: Had trouble assimilating food and his nutritional level declined
1904 – 1905: Suffered from a difficult walking and stopped working
Died: February 15, 1905
Place of Death: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Cause of Death: Atrophy of the stomach
Age at time of Death: 77 years old
Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana
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