John H. Wheeldon

John H. Wheeldon enlisted as a private on November 15, 1862 in Company L, 1st Cavalry Regiment Indiana. He died in Helena, Arkansas on February 26, 1863 where his regiment was stationed and engaged in many expeditions. (Source: ancestry.com, <i>American Civil War Soldiers</i>,[online data] Provo, UT: ancestry.com. Consolidation of numerous resources)

John's mother, identified as Selah M. Wheeldon, applied for a Civil War Pension on August 17, 186(8?); application number appears to be 30.376 and certificate number is 139365. (Source: National Archives and Records Administration. <i>Civil War Pension Index</i>. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Data indexed and imagined from National Archives and Records Administration. <i>General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.</i> T288, 544 rolls. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Adminsitration.)