Edwin John was the youngest of four children of Solomon & Elizabeth "Betsy" (Loomis) Dix.

Children of Solomon & Betsy:

Almeda Lucretia Dix b 29 Mar 1829

.......m. 13 May 1847 Stephen Atherton

Almina Lucina Dix b 20 Aug 1832

.......m. 1850 in PA, Henry Martin Olden

Jerusha Arinda Dix b 23 Jun 1834

Edwin John Dix b 11 Jan 1838

Source: VT VR

1850 Census Athens, Crawford, PA

Solomon Dix 56 b VT

Betsy 50 b VT

John E 12 b VT

Reverse side of photo:

"Edwin Dix died in Civil War, Grandmother Olden's Brother"

This photograph was most likely taken prior to leaving for war, taken in Meadville, PA, we are thankful to Mrs. Bennett for the work she did as the photo has been distributed to many family members, we hope she knows her work is honored here along with our family member.

----From a biography of his brother-in-law----

REF: "Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;"

The Atherton family were early settlers in Vermont. Three brothers of [p 902] the Dix family came to America from England at an early day. John E. Dix was a soldier in the Eight-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was killed in the battle of the Wilderness and his body was never recovered. He was the son of Solomon Dix, who came to Athens township, in 1848, was a well known farmer and lived and died in the town.

Source: Bates, Samuel P.. Our county and its people: a historical and memorial record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Boston: W.A. Fergusson & Co., 1899. Part IV. Biographical sketches (of Stephen Atherton, his bro-in-law) pages 901, 902

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Edwin's service record and regiment history is provided here in part as it is relates to when and where he was killed in action. Source link is provided at the end of the narrative.

Edwin Dix

Regiment Name 83 Pennsylvania Inf.

Side Union

Company K, C

Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.

Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt.

Film Number M554 roll 29

UNION PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS

83rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry: Organized at Erie and mustered into United States service September 8, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., September 18-20. Attached to Butterfield's Brigade, Fitz John Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.-Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 22-24. Reconnoissance to Big Bethel March 30. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Reconnoissance up the Pamunkey May 10. Action at Hanover C. H. May 27. Operations about Hanover C. H. May 27-29. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battle of Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines Mill June 27. Savage Station June 29. Turkey Bridge or Malvern Cliff June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-27. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 27-September 2. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Sharpsburg and Shephordstown Ford September 19. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Expedition to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River, December 29-30. [1863] Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24. 1863. At Falmouth, Va., till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 26-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Aldie June 17. Middleburg and Upperville June 21. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty at Warrenton, Beverly Ford and Culpeper till October. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. [1864] At Beverly Ford till May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; [truncated to shorten] [1865] ...and lastly, Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 28, 1865, and disbanded at Harrisburg, Pa., July 4, 1865.

Source: Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System

http://www.itd.nps.gov/

cwss/soldiers.cfm"

See newspaper article - "The Wilderness, What a Private Saw and Felt in that Horrible Place." By Francis Cordrey, Company E, 126th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Published in the National Tribune, June 21, 1894

http://www.frontierfamilies.net/family/wildfc.htm