Chaplain Arthur Sanford

Chaplain Arthur Sanford

Chaplain Arthur Sanford of the 8th Indiana Infantry wrote a series of letters to the Indianapolis Daily Journal chronicling the experiences of the regiment in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during 1862. In this letter he the movements of the regiment in January and February of that year.

Arthur Sanford was a Presbyterian minister who served as chaplain for two Indiana infantry regiments, the 8th and the 36th.  His service with the 8th was from September 1861 to August 1862 and with the 36th from April 1863 to February 1864. Sanford resigned his post of chaplain in February 1864 due to health problems. He died in Detroit, Michigan on November 28, 1887.

This letter appeared in the Indianapolis Daily Journal on March 5, 1862 on page 2 column 2. The spelling and punctuation are unchanged from the original publication.