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    Lew Wallace's maternal grandfather was circuit court judge and Congressman John Test. In 1832 the family moved to Covington, Indiana, where Lew's mother...
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    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace, published by Harper and Brothers on November 12, 1880, and considered "the most influential Christian...
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    wife of Lew Wallace, a lawyer, American Civil War general, politician, author and diplomat. Susan completed the manuscript of Lew Wallace's two-volume...
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    H. L. Wallace that had been written by Lew Wallace to her husband on April 5, 1862. The letter provided enough information about Lew Wallace's preparations...
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    March 1879, Lew Wallace to W. H. Bonney, at the Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis Letter, 20 March 1879, W. H. Bonney to Lew Wallace, at the Indiana...
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  • Avenue School of Gary, Indiana was officially named Lew Wallace High School named after Lew Wallace. Wallace was a native to Indiana who served as a United...
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    prompting Lew Wallace to muse the coincidence must have caused "great profanity in the army post office". For his service at Fort Donelson, Colonel Wallace was...
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    remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title, it was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The screenplay is credited...
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  • drama film based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, by Lew Wallace. It is the fourth film adaptation of the novel, the prior three of which...
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    The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, formerly known as the Ben-Hur Museum, is located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. It was declared a National Historic...
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  • fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace following the 1907 silent short film, the 1925 silent film, the Academy...
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    under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace. The battle was part of Early's raid through the Shenandoah Valley and...
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    Judah Ben-Hur (category Lew Wallace characters)
    is a fictional character, the title character and protagonist from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The book covers the character's...
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    Wabash College, a private liberal arts men's college, and the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, a National Historic Landmark. In 1813, Williamson Dunn...
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  • leading up to Billy's documented death, including his talks with Governor Lew Wallace, his capture by friend-turned-foe Sheriff Pat Garrett, his trial and...
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    Lew Wallace (March 27, 1889 – October 14, 1960) was an American Democratic politician from the state of Oregon. He served in both houses of the Oregon...
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    Mathis based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by General Lew Wallace. Starring Ramon Novarro as the title character, the film is the first...
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    Sumter, Governor Oliver Morton appointed Lew Wallace Adjutant-General with the task of raising Indiana's quota. Wallace, in turn, appointed Knefler as his principal...
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  • the name of Sam Spade's murdered partner in The Maltese Falcon), while Lew Wallace was the author of the novel Ben Hur (1880). According to a New York Times...
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    [Electronic encyclopedia "Shakespeare's World"] (in Russian). Wallace, Lew (1906). Lew Wallace; an Autobiography. p. 936. ISBN 1142048209. Bester, Alfred...
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  • Ben Hur is a television miniseries that first aired in 2010. Based on Lew Wallace's 1880 novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the series was produced by...
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    Ben-Hur was an 1899 theatrical adaptation of the 1880 Lew Wallace novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The story was dramatized by William W. Young and...
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    large number of black bass. It was formerly called Cedar Lake. Author Lew Wallace spent significant time at Bass Lake, where he wrote portions of Ben-Hur:...
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    silent drama film set in ancient Rome, the first screen adaptation of Lew Wallace's popular 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Co-directed by Sidney...
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    and government official Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851-1921). General Lew Wallace described Susan as: ...staunchly Union, a tall, handsome, black-eyed...
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    by Brig. Gens. McClernand, C.F. Smith, and Lew Wallace. (At the start of the attack on Fort Donelson, Wallace was a brigade commander in reserve at Fort...
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    it as a "sharpshooter's nest." The Union forces, commanded by General Lew Wallace (later Governor of New Mexico Territory, United States Ambassador to...
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    presidency on Lincoln's death: Maj. Gen. David Hunter (presiding) Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace Brig. Gen. Robert Sanford Foster Brev. Maj. Gen. Thomas Maley Harris...
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  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, an 1880 novel by American general and author Lew Wallace Ben-Hur (play), a play that debuted on Broadway in 1899 Ben Hur (1907...
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  • Lew Wallace was appointed by the president, many of the Regulators and other fighters had returned to normal life, as many had left the area. Wallace...
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