Life and letters of General W.H.L. Wallace [electronic resource] / Isabel Wallace ; with a new foreword by John Y. Simon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Isabel, 1857-

Contributor:

Wallace, William Hervy Lamme, 1821-1862.

Series:

Shawnee classics.

Shawnee classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865).

Wallace, William Hervy Lamme, 1821-1862.

Wallace, William Hervy Lamme.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

Shawnee classics ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale [Ill.] : Southern Illinois University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1909, this biography by Isabel Wallace recounts the life of her adoptive father, the little-recognized William Hervy Lamme Wallace, the highest-ranking Union officer to fall at the battle of Shiloh. Born in 1821 in Ohio, Wallace and his family moved to Illinois in 1834, where he was educated at Rock Springs Seminary in Mount Morris. On his way to study law with Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in 1844, Wallace was persuaded by local attorney T. Lyle Dickey, a close friend of Lincoln, to join his practice in Ottawa instead. Wallace eventu

Contents:

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Foreword; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; I. Parentage and Early Life.; II. Goes to Ottawa, Illinois. Studies Law.; III. Mexican War. Journey to Mexico.; IV. Marching into Mexico.; V. On the March to Buena Vista.; VI. Battle of Buena Vista.; VII. The Illinois Troops Return Home. Wallace Endeavors to Reenter the Army.; VIII. Courtship and Marriage.; IX. Dickey and Wallace Against Lovejoy in 1856 and 1858.; X. Lincoln's Nomination and the Feeling in the Country before his Inauguration.

XI. Lincoln's Inauguration. Firing on Sumter. The Country Prepares for Way. Mr. Wallace Made Colonel.Gallery; XII. Colonel Wallace's Regiment Enlists for the War. His Command Moves to Bird's Point, Missouri.; XIII. General Fremont Takes Command of Western Department. Large Rebel Force Near Bird's Point.; XIV. Major-General Halleck in Command of Western Department. Battle of Belmont.; XV. Capture of Fott Henry and Fort Donelson.; XVI. Congratulatory Correspondence. The Troops Move up the Tennessee River to Savannah.

XVII. General Wallace's Command Moves to Pittsburg Landing. Mrs. Wallace's Journey to Pittsburg Landing.XVIII. Battle of Shiloh.; XIX. Death and Burial of General Wallace. Pathetic Letter of Mrs. Wallace.; XX. Public Opinion of General Wallace. His Services as an Officer. His Character as a Man. Memorial Window.; XXI. Mrs. Wallace.; Index; Also in this Series; Back Cover

Notes:

Originally published: Chicago : R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1909.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69773-3

9786613674692

0-8093-8105-2

OCLC:

782950403