Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace
Born: April 10, 1827
Brookville, Indiana
Died: February 15, 1905
Crawfordsville, Indiana
1st Lieutenant: 1846
2nd Lieutenant: 1847
Colonel: April 25, 1861
Brig. Gen.: September 3, 1861
Maj. Gen.: March 21, 1862
Resigned: November 30, 1865
1846 - 1847: Mexican-American War - never saw combat
2nd Lieutenant - 1st Indiana Infantry Regiment
1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant under Zachary Taylor
April 25, 1861: Appointed Colonel of 11th Indiana Infantry
June 9, 1861: Battle of Romney
September 3, 1861: Promoted to Brigadier General
February 6, 1862: Battle of Fort Henry
February 14-17, 1862: Commander, 3rd Division, District of Cairo, Department of Missouri
February 14-16, 1862: Battle of Fort Donelson
February 17 - June 1862: Commander, 3rd Division, Army of Tennessee
April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh
March 22, 1864 - February 1, 1865: Commander, 8th Corps, Middle Department
Valley Campaign of 1864
July 9, 1864: Battle of Monocacy
Part of the Military Commission Trail of President Lincoln's Assassination
Part of the Court Martial of Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville Prison
November 30, 1865: Resigned from the Army
1878 - 1881: Governor of New Mexico Territory
1880: Completed and Published the novel making him famous "Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ" later made into four movies
1881 - 1885: U. S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. p 887
Lew Wallace. 2/22/2010. web.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commander. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. pp 535-536