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* Lew Wallace, 11th governor of New Mexico Territory, Union general in the American Civil War, author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
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She hired lawyer Lew Wallace, the author of Ben-Hur, and filed a suit demanding that Marshall pay her $ 20, 000 for libel.
During President Garfield's limited tenure, he appointed several ambassadors, notably James R. Lowell as U. S. minister to England ; and the famous author of Ben-Hur and former Union Civil War general, Lew Wallace, as U. S. minister to Turkey.
Lewis " Lew " Wallace ( April 10, 1827February 15, 1905 ) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician and author.
Now called the General Lew Wallace Study, it has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is operated as a house museum, open to the public.
Bunting had served as a colonel in the Confederacy during the Civil War before establishing himself in Indianapolis ; General Lew Wallace, who was on the Union side during the War and was a resident of Montgomery County, spoke at the dedication of the cornerstone in 1875.
In 1878, the new territorial governor, retired Union General Lew Wallace, offered an amnesty to the combatants in order to bring a long-lasting truce between the factions.
Lew and 11th
After this first time meeting upon the Fort Donelson battlefield, the two quickly learned each possessed the same surname and had commanded their respective states ' 11th regiments, prompting Lew Wallace to muse the coincidence must have caused " great profanity in the army post office ".
* Union Col. Lewis " Lew " Wallace, in command of the 11th Indiana Zouaves, occupied Romney for a few hours on June 13.
Lew and governor
Relatively unknown during most of his lifetime, Billy was catapulted into legend in 1881 when New Mexico's governor, Lew Wallace, placed a price on his head.
His negotiations with governor Lew Wallace ( a famed Civil War general and author of the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ) for amnesty came to nothing.
His candidacy for lieutenant governor matched that of his grandfather, Lew M. O ' Bannon, who was the 1924 Democratic nominee for the state's second highest office.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Yalan Chang Lew ( 劉張亞蘭 ; pinyin: Liu Zhang Yalan ), widow of Ambassador Yu-Tang Daniel Lew ( 劉毓棠 ; pinyin: Liu Yutang ), and sons Dr. Philip Chi-cheng Chang ( 張繼正 ; pinyin: Zhang Jizheng ), former communications minister 1969-72, chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development 1973-76, finance minister 1978-81 and governor of the Central Bank of China 1984-89, and Dr. Theodore Chi-chung Chang ( 張繼忠 ; pinyin: Zhang Jizhong ), vice president of the Truth Theological Seminary and pastor emeritus of the Mandarin Baptist Church of Pasadena, California.
Meanwhile, Billy meets with the new governor Lew Wallace who agrees to pardon Billy if he testifies against the Dolan-Murphy faction.
Roberts told Morrison that he would agree to tell the " whole truth " in exchange for the full pardon he had been promised by the governor of New Mexico following the Lincoln County War, Lew Wallace.
Lew and New
In media, alumni include David Faber ( CNBC ), anchor at CNBC ; Meredith Vieira, journalist and TV personality ; Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., The New York Times publisher ; Lew Rockwell, founder of Ludwig von Mises Institute ; and Gregory Maguire, novelist.
New trumpeters Lew Soloff and Chuck Winfield brought the band up to nine total members and the new lineup of the band debuted at the Cafe Au Go Go on June 18, 1968, at the beginning of a two week residency.
In the Autumn of 1878, the president appointed Lew Wallace, a former Union Army general, as Governor of the New Mexico Territory.
Linton High School's 74 – 68 victory over New York City's Power Memorial on December 29, 1961, is remembered mostly for its two stars: Power Memorial's Lew Alcindor ( who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ); and his future coach with the Los Angeles Lakers, Linton's Riley.
His best years were those immediately after World War II, when he won 100 games for the Boston Braves, before being traded to the New York Yankees during the 1951 season for Lew Burdette and cash.
The couple moved to New York City in 1982, where they promptly assembled a new big band ( now called the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin ).
* July 23-Benny Leonard retains the world Lightweight title with a fifteen round decision over Lew Tendler in New York.
The Walruses meet on New Year's Day to jump into the River Lew to raise money for local good causes.
* Dayton Lummis portrayed New Mexico Territorial Governor Lew Wallace in " Shadows on the Window " ( 1960 ), with Martin Braddock as Billy the Kid.
López played high school basketball at famed Rice High School in New York City, where he would follow New York high school players Kareem Abdul Jabbar ( Lew Alcindor ) and Kenny Anderson in becoming one of the most highly touted recruits in U. S. high school history.
In late 1942, A " New 1943 Hellzapoppin " revue with Jackie Gleason and Lew Parker was staged at the Nixon Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylanvia, Hanna Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, and Erlanger Theatre, Chicago, Illinois.
By March 1879, New Mexico Governor Lew Wallace began a fight against crime in that state, and one of his priorities was to stop the ongoing war between the Dolans and the Tunstall-McSween backers.
The first two seasons were hosted by Lew Schneider, with the first season taped in a small New York studio with no live audience and false crowd noise.
They had four children together, one of whom was Lew Wallace, author of the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and Governor of New Mexico Territory.
* Eckert, Lee, Lew, Robinson and Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History, Harvard University Press, 1990.
Raised in Kinnelon, New Jersey Hanson played high school baseball at the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey, where he played for coach Lew Watts.
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