Wallace, Lewis
soldier, lawyer, governor, author, was born April 10, 1827, in Brockville, Ind. He served one term as a state senator, and at the outbreak of the civil war was appointeu adjutantgeneral of Indiana.
In 1861 he was commissioned a brigadier-general, and in 1862 was promoted to major-general for conspicuous gallantry at the capture of Fort Donelson. He was United States a minister to Paraguay. He was governor of the territory of New Mexico from 1878 to 1881, and in 1882 was appointed United States minister to Turkey, serving until 1885. He is the author of Ben Hur, a Tale of the Christ, which has been extremely popular, but neither this nor his other romances have met the entire approval of literary critics. His other works include, The Fair God, an Aztec Story; The Prince of India; The Boyhood of Christ; and Life of General Benjamin Harrison.