Legacy and honors 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.Forbes, pp. 149–150, 389–391. 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.
Legacy and honors 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.Forbes, pp. 149–150, 389–391. 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.