Lew, a Hoosier boy. And Union Major General, and New Mexico Territory Governor.
Lew made the keenest observation ever on New Mexico, and it still applies today...
“Every calculation based on experience elsewhere fails in New Mexico.”
As I recall, Lew Wallace was influenced by Robert Ingersoll, a well-known agnostic who regaled Wallace with an anti-Christian discussion during a train trip. Wallace left the meeting wondering whether what he knew of Jesus and Christianity was true and decided to investigate the matter. The result, 7 years later, was Ben Hur and Wallace’s conversion to the faith.
Lew, a Hoosier boy. And Union Major General, and New Mexico Territory Governor.
scapegoated (unfairly, I believe) for Shiloh; also remembered for Billy the Kid’s amnesty...