This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADE/1092.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm sorry, but all I know about Thomas Dykes dealt with his service in the U.S. Army. According to his record, Thomas Dykes was 17 when he enrolled in Company L of the First Alabama Cavalry in September, 1863, which means he was born about 1846. He is depicted in my book "Southerners in Blue: They Defied the Confederacy." Best wishes in your quest for information.--- Don Umphrey