Identified Civil War Cavalry Soldier CDV. 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry

  

Dykins, Company B, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Enlisted July 23, 1861 with the rank of 1st Sergeant. He was captured while on post duty, about forty miles below Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 2, 1862. He was commissioned Captain on December 20, 1864. He was discharged on July 24, 1865.

He was born in Muncy, Pennsylvania. After the war he was the local editor of the Muncy Luminary for six years. In 1879 he was elected Justice of the Peace. Photo contains personalized message and revenue stamp.