Him to arrive too late for the first day's battle. Grant bitterly criticized Wallace for his route of march which caused Mexicans in their uprising against the French Emperor Maximilian.įor many years a cloud hung over Wallace's militaryĬareer as a result of a misunderstanding with Grant at Shiloh. Near the end of the Civil War, Wallace was active in helping the Only to be restored to it again by direction of higher authority. Halleck and he was twice relieved of his command, perhaps in consequence, His impetuosity and lack of tact cost him the good will of Gen. He served with distinction and rose to the rank of major Wallace saw action at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Monocacy. Regiments, exceeded the quota, and was given command of the Eleventh Indiana He was given full charge of raising his state's quota of Morton to be adjutant-general of Indiana. Union army almost to a man and Wallace was called by Gov. With the coming of war in 1861 the Zouaves enlisted in the Patriotism." Acting on this foresight, he organized in 1856 a military company in Crawfordsville, Ind., officially called the Montgomery Guards but better knownĪs the Zouaves because of the uniforms they wore. Wallace saw the Civil War coming and knew that it would not only be a long andīitter conflict but, as he says in his autobiography, "that it would alsoīe crowded with opportunities for distinction not in the least inconsistent with He later participated in the Mexican War (1846-47). From earliest youth a lover ofĪdventure, he tried to run away from home at the age of thirteen and join the Texans Wallace's second career was as a soldier. Wooing of Malkatoon and the tragedy Cornmodus, The volume (1898) containing the poem The India, or Why Constantinople Fell (1893) and Of the Spanish conquest of Mexico under Cortez The Life ofīenjamin Harrison (1888), a hastily compiled campaign biography The Boyhood of In addition to the two titles mentioned, Wallace wrote The Fair God (1873), a fictionization "literary" style of the more pretentious works. When he dealt with a concrete theme,Īs in the case of his Autobiography, he adopted a fairlyĮasy-flowing, almost conversational style in contrast to the consciously Novels are the setting down of his fantasies. He liked to dream he was an incurable romantic and his But as he makes clear in his posthumous Autobiography (1906), he wrote as an avocation and for pleasure rather thanĪs a serious business. Seller Ben Hur a Tale of the Christ (1880). He is best known as a writer, the author of the long-time best 15, 1905) went through life as an amateur–a singularlyĭozen professions.
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