John Basil Yelton Civil War Photo Album

Description:	The photograph album of John Basil Yelton was donated by Phillip Ellis Faller, a greatgrandson of Yelton. Yelton was born in Greenfield, Indiana in 1838. He enlisted in Company H, Indiana 21st Infantry Regiment on July 24, 1861. There he was promoted to full sergeant and mustered out on February 1, 1863. He transferred to Company H, Indiana 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on February 1, 1863 and was last mustered out on January 13, 1866. The album came with fifty cartes de visite portraits of men, women, and soldiers, and two tintypes of a boy and girl. The soldiers are members of the 21st Indiana Infantry (1st Heavy Artillery), most of them were in Company H. Each page of the album is numbered and most individuals names are written on the index at the front of the album. Related holdings: Lyman Blowers Letter (SC 2703); Erastus Pollitt Letters (SC 2840); Lawrence N. Cox Letter (SC 2923); Robert H. Crist Letters (SC 3021); Wimmer Family Letters (SC 3040); Rufus Dooley Papers (M 0383); James M. Potts Collection (M 0481); U.S. Army Ind. Heavy Artillery Regt. 1st Records (BV 3052–3054)
Origin:	Circa 1865
Created By:	John Basil Yelton
Publisher:	Digital Image 2015 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Source:	http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/dc008/id/2075
Collection:	Civil War Materials
Copyright:	This image may be printed or downloaded by individuals, schools or libraries for study, research or classroom teaching without permission. For other uses contact: mailto:visualcollections@indianahistory.org
Geography:	Indiana
Subjects:	United States--Army United States--Army--Infantry United States--Army--Artillery United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States Indiana -- History -- Registers United States--War Department Yelton, John B., 1838-1920 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits

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