Thomas Price Dixon enlisted in Co. K, Monroe's 6th (aka 1st) Arkansas Cavalry, at Magnolia, Arkansas, on June 21, 1862, by Capt. J. W. Todd, for three years or the war. He was sent on sick furlough on or about March 1, 1863. There is no further record of him, as there are no muster rolls of Co. K after June 30, 1863.

He applied for and received a Confederate pension in Nevada County in 1910 (Pension No. 8148). After his death in 1918, his widow Martha received a Confederate widow's pension.