11th Indiana Infantry 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee
Lewis Lew Wallace was born on April 10, 1827, in Brookville, Indiana. He was the second of four sons born to Esther French Wallace and David Wallace. Lews father, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, left the military in 1822 and moved to Brookville, where he established a law practice and entered Indiana politics. David served in the Indiana General Assembly and later as the states lieutenant governor, and governor, and as a member of Congress. Lew Wallaces maternal grandfather was circuit court judge and Congressman John Test.
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