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Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827–February 15, 1905) was an American Civil War general, U.S. statesman and author, who is probably best remembered for his book Ben-Hur.

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• Born in Brookville, Indiana (his father David Wallace was later Indiana Governor), served in Mexican-American War, admitted to the bar in 1849.
• Helped raise troops in Indiana at start of Civil War, rose to Major General in Union Army fighting (with some controversy) at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Monocacy Junction.
• Participated in trials of Lincoln assassination conspirators and Henry Wirz, commandant of Andersonville prison camp.
• Served as Governor of New Mexico Territory (1878-1881), and U. S. Minister to Turkey (1881-1885).
• As Governor he offered amnesty to many men involved in the Lincoln County War. In the process he met with Billy the Kid.
• Author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) which has never been out of print and has been filmed three times.
• Died in Crawfordsville, Indiana and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Sources and external links

• Good overview with a bibliography of his works: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~rcadams/
• Lew Wallace site in Crawfordsville: http://www.ben-hur.com/
• Wallace in Indiana Civil War history: http://www.mach500.net/liggetkw/incw/hoosier/wallace.htm
• Project Gutenberg e-texts of some of Lew Wallace's works

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