September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
NEWHALL, Walter Symonds (1841-1863) from an early age he displayed outstanding prowess at the sport of cricket. During the summer of 1859 he showed the stuff of which he was made by scoring 549 runs for the Young America Cricket Club in the Philadelphia competition and set local tongues wagging when he scored 105 against the Delphian Cricket Club. As a result, at the age of 18 he was chosen to play for the United States against Canada at Toronto on August 3-4, 1859 but he failed to get going and was dismissed for one and naught. He was also included in the American line-up for the match of 1860, which was played at Hoboken, NJ, and fared better, scoring 11 and 27 as the US won by five wickets. War-date Union officer's Document Signed by Walter S. Newhall, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, who was badly wounded on the first day of Gettysburg after being cut in the face by a saber, he would later drown at Rappahannock Station in December 18, 1863. This document is 1pp. quarto, Head Quarters 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, December 15, 1863, three days before his death, ordering the Commanding Officer of the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry to detail "six (6) men, as mail guard". Fine condition.
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