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Walter S. Newhall Papers
Walter Newhall was an aide to Colonel John B. McIntosh and achieved the rank of captain in the Third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Calvary. He died in December 1863 and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. This small collection includes correspondence, army orders and medical pa...
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| Collection: | Walter S. Newhall Papers |
| Collection Number: | 1409 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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Walter Newhall was an aide to Colonel John B. McIntosh and achieved the rank of captain in the Third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Calvary. He died in December 1863 and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
This small collection includes correspondence, army orders and medical papers, a memoranda book, and a few pages from "Walter S. Newhall, A Memoir" (call number Gn. 5) by Sarah Butler Wister. The collection offers detailed, well-organized, and well-written documentation of an officer in the Union Cavalry engaged in active duty during the Civil War.
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