The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-05-14


CdSs, OF tZapesyille. was elected !
Colonel After which, Governor
Mciks formally delivered over The |
regiment 20 the command oil Gen.
jjailGa Hull who WAS present
and accepted the men. The line
Of march WAS then taken up for
Troy, with tho intention Of taking
tho Aug'aize route TO the Madmee.
At Trpyg however, Gen. Hull
changed his determination as TO
route. and marched cast to Urba.
ma, where his forces were joined by
the 4th regiment U s. infantry !
under command OF Lieut. Col Mil
ier--be who afterwards SO greatly
distinguished himself On the Mag.
ara frontier. The united forces
now marched northward. encamp.
ing where BeliefontaiDc. KeDtoh
and Eadlays are now fourisling-
wading the Maumce river near the
rapids and finally reached Detroit
on the 9th ofJaly, 1872 After n
rest at this place, until the lst OF
August, Hull took the forces over
to the British eide, but shortly af
forwards returned--aDd very soon
surrendered! Thus, after three
months of hard marching, and
"hard tack" all the time, Captain
.SanderSoa, and the Fairfield volun.
teers, found themselves "prisoners
of war;" in double quick time.
They were, however, soor released
on parole. and returned to their
homes. A large number of the
volunteers were so greatly exaspe
rated at their unexpected "surrcn.
der that they determined TO dis.
regard their parole; among them
was the Captain. In the spring of
1913, another company OF volun.
teers was raised in Fairfield coun.
ty, and the command was again
conferred on Captain George San
derson. This company left Ian.
caster "ior the front" and march.
ed to GAINESVILLE; thence to Newark,
Delaware, Upper Sandusky, Fort
Ball (now absorbed in the exten.
sive limits OF the imperial City OF
TIfiin, ; and Fort Seneca; where
they Joined the troops under com.
mand of General Harrison. Cap.
tain Sanderson's company was one
of those ordered forward, during
the night, to the aid of the gallant
Croghan, at Fort Stephensor, and
arrived AT the tort at daylight,
They found the earth strewn with
the British dead, and the main
army departing down the river.
Captain Sanderson's company con-
tinued in the service during the
Upper Canadian campaign, aud
participated at the "battlo of the
Thames" Capt. S. saw Col. Il.
NJ. johnson on tho field. After a
service of more than a year, the
Captains company returned to
Lancaster, and were honorably dis
charged. OF the first company OF
volunteers raised in 1872. and com
marded by Captain Sanderson,
there are but tW0 survivors: Judge
McCiung and the Captain. Ofthe
second company raised in 1878
Captain Sanderson is the sole sur.
. vivor, so far as is known.
Alter enjoying two years of peace
and quiet, the Captain was induced
10 enter the fields Of civic con test
which he did BY announcing him.
seliin 1916 a. a candidate tor sher
ift, and at the October. election o.
that year tho vote stood as fol
lows: n.. -..
George Sandcrson had 1854
, John Hoover 465
George Harrison 3l9
} Thomas Cissna l76
The Captain was declared duly
elected. la 1918 he was u candl
date for re election. There wai
! no opposition; he received l7lC
3 notes.-the largest number cast tol
any candidate ut that election.
After four years service as sher
if the Captain turned his atten
tion TO legislative honors, and il
! 1921 he and Robert N. Slaughter
/; Esq, were elected to the House o
! Representatives.
: In 1922 Captain Sanderson an'
Jacob Claypoole were elected Rep
: resentaLives from this county. Dur
r ing this session the Captain serveC
/. with two young members, just en-
= tering upon public life, who after
: wards became distinguished in th
!; political world-Thomas L. Hsme
and Thos. Corwln.
q In1S23 Captain Sanderson wa
=. elected Major General OF the Obi
d Militia, Tor this Division, by TIL
General Assembly.
d At the election in 1924 ther
n were ten candidates for the otlic
of sheriff of Fairfield county. A
/ mong the number was the nev
: General, At the close of the poll
) the two highest candidates were
! Edward B. Thompson III
George Sanderson 655
The General was defeated by 6
!, votes.
In 1925 w. W. Irwin and Gen
eral Sanderson were elected to th
f House OF Representatives from thi
county.
y In 1926 there were three candi
dates for tho House, two to b
!. elected, and the result was as fol
r lows: a... a-,,... i
s W. W. Irwin had 1902
! Samuel Spangler 1889
Q George Sandcrson l4ll
Ahout tL;s tino tho Ganarol'