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Though born in [[North Carolina]], Sandlin was reared on the Sunnyside Plantation near Dubberly in south Webster Parish owned by his uncle, Calvin Leary (1811-1882),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70720163|title=Calvin Leary|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 31, 2020}}</ref> who had taken in Sandlin's parents, Henry Sandlin and the former Ann Civil Leary. He lived among cousins who regarded him as a brother.<ref name=echoespast/>

Though born in [[North Carolina]], Sandlin was reared on the Sunnyside Plantation near Dubberly in south Webster Parish owned by his uncle, Calvin Leary (1811-1882),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70720163|title=Calvin Leary|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 31, 2020}}</ref> who had taken in Sandlin's parents, Henry Sandlin and the former Ann Civil Leary. He lived among cousins who regarded him as a brother.<ref name=echoespast/>

In the [[American Civil War]], Sandlin advanced from a private with the "Minden Blues" [[infantry]] regiment at Camp Moore in Tangipahoa Parish to first lieutenant in the Army of Northern Virginia under [[General]]s [[Robert E. Lee]] and [[Stonewall Jackson]]. He was wounded in 1863 and held as a [[prisoner of war]] until he was paroled at [[Appomattox Courthouse]], [[Virginia]], on April 10, 1865.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sandlin&GSfn=Nicholas&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=15412383&df=all&|title=Nicholas J. Sandlin|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>Find a grave has Sandlin's year of death as 1890, rather than the correct year, 1896.</ref> Upon his discharge, he walked his way back to Webster Parish.<ref name=echoespast/>

In the [[American Civil War]], Sandlin advanced from a private with the "Minden Blues" [[infantry]] regiment at Camp Moore in Tangipahoa Parish to first lieutenant in the Army of Northern Virginia under [[General]]s [[Robert E. Lee]] and [[Stonewall Jackson]]. He was wounded in 1863 and held as a [[prisoner of war]] until he was paroled at [[Appomattox]] Court House, [[Virginia]], on April 10, 1865.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sandlin&GSfn=Nicholas&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=15412383&df=all&|title=Nicholas J. Sandlin|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>Find a grave has Sandlin's year of death as 1890, rather than the correct year, 1896.</ref> Upon his discharge, he walked his way back to Webster Parish.<ref name=echoespast/>

Sandlin, who had been admitted after self-study to the practice of law, was involved in the overthrow of the [[Carpetbagger]] government with the election in 1876 of Francis Tillou Nicholls as the Redeemer [[governor]] over the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Stephen B. Packard]]. Sandlin was appointedas district attorney of territory in North Louisiana stretching from the Red to the Ouachita rivers at the time that Webster Parish was created in 1871 from neighboring Claiborne Parish<ref name=usgw/> He published for a time the newspaper ''The Minden Advertiser,'', one of several weeklies in circulation long before the ''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'' became the daily newspaper for the region. He established a model farm at the McIntyre Community west of Minden and  was active in the Farmers' Alliance as a traveling speaker on farm issues.<ref name=echoespast/>

Sandlin, who had been admitted after self-study to the practice of law, was involved in the overthrow of the [[Carpetbagger]] government with the election in 1876 of Francis Tillou Nicholls as the Redeemer [[governor]] over the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Stephen B. Packard]]. Sandlin was appointedas district attorney of territory in North Louisiana stretching from the Red to the Ouachita rivers at the time that Webster Parish was created in 1871 from neighboring Claiborne Parish<ref name=usgw/> He published for a time the newspaper ''The Minden Advertiser,'', one of several weeklies in circulation long before the ''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'' became the daily newspaper for the region. He established a model farm at the McIntyre Community west of Minden and  was active in the Farmers' Alliance as a traveling speaker on farm issues.<ref name=echoespast/>