The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-16
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NALLAC| 1 [. 1: DEAD. 4 D.
After Long j Illness II e,;syss Famous l!
Author, Calm to End, AZ
Passes Away. .8ss
NEAR EIGHT 1! i YEARS {: OF AGE
Was Ncterarl $ofSs NJ exical, and,
Civil&VIar Once Min
isters e Turkey. ...jt
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i58 CRAWFoRDsy1LLE. IND, Feb. n s.
General Lew Wallace author, former former
American minister 70 Turkey and Vet y
.eran * the exican and civil Wars died
at his home n + this Feity y light. aged
eight years. &
Tho health OF General Yallace has been
waning for several u years, and for months
II had been generally own Il hat 4 Ills
vigorous constitut, not much
|slonser WI and 1.vages 81 a vast:
Ing disease. st33
For more than a year hes hns been
unable properly to asslmllate food, and
this %toget tier with his extreme ag Q, made
more! difficult Al his fight against death.
AT mo time has he ever confessed alis
belief that the end was near, and his
rugged constitution and remarkable vi
tality have been responsible e; for pro-
longing his life, M y 4.
Besides his physicians only Mrs. Wal.
lace. his son., Henry Wallace. OF Indl- y
annapolis, and his wife were N present.
was Sd ying, General 81 We allace was per-
5fectly calm, and his last words were
expressions OF cheer to his grie stricken
family. $#t bidding them farewell . .the sal d 4
~ am ready to meet my 4 Maker, and
ilapsed into &llnconsciousness,g5 Il from which
lie aid not recover. No definitefarrange
,nents for the funeral have been made.
4 b} Lewis Wallace. known to the public
as I. General Lew Wallace, was 4 born s at
Erookville. Franklin county, Ind, April
10, lR7. He studied law. but at the be-
ginning OF the Mexican war enlisted as a
lieutenant ain8the First Indiana Infantry.
IN 1s4S he began professional practice,
which hes carried on at Gown g. on, lnu',
and sCrawfordsville, Ind. HcH was for four
( yeslrs a member Of the State Senate.
u AZ tho outbreak Of tho Civil War ne
was appointed adjutant-gencral OF IN
diana, and soon after colonel OF tne .le
Eleventh Indiana Volunteers. tSSoi5 aDl!lty
displayed in lctrding a. iylslon3#at az for. ,'l
EDonclson, he was made major-generlaI p :, o.
volunteers on March q, lSt's.s t1e :, plrtt.
5c,pated in5f the second days fight NJ
Shiloh, and in the advance oM. 1ol.n.n, =,
and vas president of tho court OF IN
Rn,,lry regarding Don Carlos Buell. IN No, !,
6&Srn,her Ts1sts. In 1863 hc prepared Il the
$rjncInnnt = defcnses, and later was MADE
$co,nmnnder OF the Eighth Army Co Corps.
8witl, ,headuunrters at Baltlnlor ore.3At t!'o
S,(nttio of he Monocacy on Jul y Y, blso', y
IN 4 dafentcd but managed TO "a llold 81
},,ntil Wright, with, relnforcelnants cou.u ,nal
reach washington before Early. y ls1.
fc:anorai Wallace resumed the ctico OF
law. In ls7S-S1 he was Governor g - wv '
5Moxlco, and in lssl-S was Minister mister to
Turkey. 4, (. y, i, ! -, WA LA ce
4Its ia as a writer that General ~ a1,,Is y, =
4. hast known to the public Mt large. Ills
most widely known book ls ben iuri
"a Tale Of the Christ. religious !, stoay Y, ~
kpubllshed in 1880. Ills other Iol pup'.Hnen =, 'ea
works nre "Thc F1'r lioa. Slel'l, ,mah, nv
Ror Rcnjamin Harrison lleo9'' 5a''u '1t' ~ :"
Prince OF India QS9S), asi5,. II