Editing Lew Wallace (section)

==Legacy and honors==
[[File:Wallace NSHC.jpg|thumb|upright|Wallace's statue in the U.S. Capitol]]
Wallace was a man of many interests and a lifelong adventure seeker, who remained a persistent, self-confident man of action. He was also impatient and highly sensitive to personal criticisms, especially those related to his command decisions at Shiloh.<ref>Forbes, pp. 149–150, 389–391.</ref> Despite Wallace's career in law and politics, combined with years of military and diplomatic service, he achieved his greatest fame as a novelist, most notably for his best-selling biblical tale, ''Ben-Hur''.

Following Wallace's death, the State of Indiana commissioned the sculptor [[Andrew O'Connor (sculptor)|Andrew O'Connor]] to create a [[Statue of Lew Wallace|marble statue of Wallace]] dressed in a military uniform for the [[National Statuary Hall Collection]] in the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]]. The statue was unveiled during a ceremony held on January 11, 1910.<ref name=Boom138>Boomhower, p. 138.</ref> Wallace is the only novelist honored in the hall.<ref name="Humanities"/> A bronze copy of the statue is installed on the grounds of Wallace's study in Crawfordsville.<ref name=Boom138/><ref>Morrow, p. 22.</ref>

[[Lew Wallace High School]] opened in 1926 at 415 West 45th Avenue in [[Gary, Indiana]]. On June 3, 2014, the Gary School Board voted 4 to 2 to close Lew Wallace, along with five other schools.<ref>
{{cite journal|author=Carole Carlson|title=Gary to Close Lew Wallace, Five Other Schools|journal=Post-Tribune|publisher=Sun-Times Media, LLC|location=[[Gary, Indiana]]|date=June 3, 2014|url=http://posttrib.suntimes.com/27846922-537/gary-to-close-lew-wallace-five-other-schools.html|access-date=August 24, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025005310/http://posttrib.suntimes.com/27846922-537/gary-to-close-lew-wallace-five-other-schools.html|archive-date=October 25, 2014}}</ref>

A Knights of Pythias lodge was established in Franklin, Indiana at the Masonic Home to be known as the General Lewis Wallace Lodge #2019.