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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/>

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 Redding Tillou Nicholls (1834-1912) 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 represented Ward 3 on the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, from 1877 to 1888.<ref>''Respect for the Past; Confidence in the Future: Webster Parish Centennial, 1871-1971'', Webster Parish Police Jury, 1971, pp. 12-13.</ref> He represented Webster Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1892 to 1893<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Webster Parish) |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=August 31, 2020}}</ref> and worked with state Senator George Lovick Pierce "G. L. P." Wren (1836-1901), his former colleague in the Minden Blues and his House predecessor as well, to abolish the Louisiana State Lottery Company. He stepped down after a year to accept appointment from [[U.S. President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] as the postmaster at Minden.<ref name=echoespast/>

Sandlin represented Ward 3 on the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, from 1877 to 1888.<ref>''Respect for the Past; Confidence in the Future: Webster Parish Centennial, 1871-1971'', Webster Parish Police Jury, 1971, pp. 12-13.</ref> He represented Webster Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1892 to 1893<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Webster Parish) |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=August 31, 2020}}</ref> and worked with state Senator George Lovick Pierce "G. L. P." Wren (1836-1901), his former colleague in the Minden Blues and his House predecessor as well, to abolish the Louisiana State Lottery Company. He stepped down after a year to accept appointment from [[U.S. President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] as the postmaster at Minden.<ref name=echoespast/>