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Wallace resigned from the U.S. Army in November 1865 and briefly served as a major general in the Mexican Army, before returning to the United States. Wallace was appointed governor of the New Mexico Territory (1878–1881) and served as U.S. minister to the Ottoman Empire (1881–1885).
Lewis Wallace was an American soldier, lawyer, diplomat, and author who is principally remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur. The son of David Wallace, an Indiana governor and one-term U.S. congressman, Lew Wallace left school at 16 and became a copyist in the county clerk’s office, reading.
Lewis (Lew) Wallace (Brookville, Indiana, 10 de abril de 1827-Crawfordsville, Indiana, 15 de febrero de 1905) fue un abogado, militar, político, diplomático y escritor estadounidense. Obtuvo el rango de general luchando en el ejército de la Unión durante la Guerra de Secesión.
Lew Wallace has 270 books on Goodreads with 72675 ratings. Lew Wallace’s most popular book is Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
Militar y escritor estadounidense nacido en Brookville, Indiana, el 10 de abril de 1827, y fallecido en Crawfordsville, Indiana, el 15 de febrero de 1905. Fue un popular político y militar durante el siglo XIX. Con sólo 29 años fue elegido senador por el estado de Indiana.
Lew Wallace was the author of seven major works, including Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the best-selling novel of the 19th century. Wallace began writing his first novel in the late 1840s while employed in the Marion County Clerk’s office.
Lewis “Lew” Wallace, a veteran of the Mexican-American War and Indiana State Senator, was appointed colonel of the 11th Indiana Infantry at the outbreak of the Civil War, and took part in many of the early campaigns of the Western Theatre.
