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==Biography==

==Biography==

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 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/>