We were recently contacted by someone who was curious about Lew’s vote during the Lincoln conspirators trial. I’ve already emailed the inquirer directly, but I thought this would be a good time to talk more about Louis Weichmann, who was pivotal in the conspirators trial. Louis was born in Baltimore, […]
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Sorry about the lack of posts here lately. We’ve had a slight time management problem…but it’s a good kind! We’ve had so many visitors it’s been hard to get blog posts written! I’m going to do a quick round-up of a few visitor questions that I’ve had over the past […]
Every now and then I’ll have someone ask me questions to which I don’t have the answers. I always do my best to find out, but sometimes I don’t find the answer until the visitor is already gone. Today I want to answer a few visitor questions I’ve been asked […]
Archaeologists have found evidence that clocks have existed as early as 400 BC. Clocks running on water existed in China. The Greeks invented early mechanical clocks in the 1st century BC. In the early 13th century clocks even had alarms set on them to make a motion or sound at […]
We here at the Museum like to monitor what’s being said about Lew Wallace around the internet, and most of what we find is accurate and interesting. One of the more prevalent fallacies, however, is the story that General Wallace was an atheist who wrote Ben-Hur to disprove Christianity. Here is my […]
We frequently receive questions by e-mail relating to Lew Wallace, and I received one today asking whether or not Lew Wallace wrote Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ on a bet. Lew Wallace’s motivation to write Ben-Hur has been the subject of many discussions, beginning during his lifetime. Wallace answered […]