Wallace retired to his home in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he continued to write until his death in 1905. minister to the Ottoman Empire (1881–85). Wallace was appointed governor of the New Mexico Territory (1878–81) and served as U.S. Army in November 1865 and briefly served as a major general in the Mexican army, before returning to the United States. He also served on the military commission for the trials of the Lincoln assassination conspirators, and presided over the military investigation of Henry Wirz, a Confederate commandant of the Andersonville prison camp. Wallace, who attained the rank of major general, participated in the battle of Fort Donelson, the battle of Shiloh, and the battle of Monocacy. He was appointed Indiana's adjutant general and commanded the 11th Indiana Infantry Regiment. Grant, Mark Twain, James Garfield, James Whitcomb Riley, and Billy the Kid. Wallace's military career included service in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. From fighting for the cause of freedom during the Civil War to writing of one of the best-selling books of all time, Lew Wallace of Indiana enjoyed a remarkable career that touched the lives of such famous figures in American history as Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century." Lewis "Lew" Wallace (Ap– February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. As if to make up for lost time, Wallace demonstrated his abilities by preventing the South from capturing Washington in the battle of Monocacy Junction. The 1959 MGM movie starring Charlton Heston won eleven Academy Awards, a record it shares with Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Ben-Hur has been translated into multiple languages, and adapted for radio, the stage, and television numerous times. There, his quest for vengeance turns into insurrection, but his life is transformed when he witnesses Christ’s baptism by John the Baptist.īen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the best-selling novel of revenge and redemption, has been enormously popular since its publication in 1880. When, during a pirate attack in the Aegean, Ben-Hur saves the life of a galley commander, his fortunes improve and he returns to Galilee a free man. In first century Judaea, Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur is betrayed by his childhood friend Messala and sentenced to life as a Roman slave.
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