11th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 11th Indiana Zouaves was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
A drawing of Union army corporal and 11th Indiana Zouave
11th Indiana Infantry Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park
Lewis Wallace was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, artist, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century."
Wallace c. 1865
Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace
Lew Wallace in 1903
Wallace's statue in the U.S. Capitol