Due to his strong fortifications, Smith chose not to attack the city. In September 1862, he was sent to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he organized a civilian defense to withstand an attack by General Kirby Smith. He commanded the Third Division during the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 and during the siege of Corinth, Mississippi. As a result, he was promoted to Major General of U.S. Promoted to Brigadier General on September 3, 1861, Wallace commanded of the Third Division of the Army of the Tennessee from February to June 1862, and participated in operations along the Cumberland River in Tennessee and was instrumental at the battle of Fort Donelson. In August 1861 Wallace re-organized the 11th, which was then assigned to Paducah, Kentucky. After resigning that position he was commissioned Colonel of the 11th Indiana Infantry Regiment, which routed Confederate troops at Romney, Virginia. He organized the first six regiments from Indiana to serve in the Civil War. In April of 1861, Lew Wallace was appointed Adjutant General of Indiana.
I never heard music as fascinating and grand as that of battle. She was published in over thirty magazines, newspapers, journals and books of poetry in her lifetime. However, Susan Wallace was published long before her husband with her very popular poem “The Patter of Little Feet,” which appeared in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette on April 17, 1858. He attributed much of his success in writing to her. In truth, and Wallace frequently acknowledged this, Susan was his editor, reader and critic. Susan was a talented writer and musician, although she preferred to remain largely in the shadows as her husband’s companion.
She told me once to make my friends among my books, for if they bored me I could cast them aside without hurt feelings and take them up again at will, and that they were the truest friends to own… She was a woman of quiet dignity and reserve and display meant nothing to her she knew the worthwhile things that really count. And afterwards, when fame and wealth were hers, she used to look back on those early years as the happiest of her life… She cared little for society, much preferring her beloved books. Hers was a match for love, to a poor man, and for years she lived in a most humble way, doing her own work.
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