Editing Sandford C. Faulkner (section)

== Biography ==
Sandford C. Faulkner was born in [[Georgetown, Kentucky]], on March 3, 1803<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change to "1805", "1806", or 1807 as it would be historically incorrect. Thank you. --> to Nicholas and Sally ({{nee|Fletcher}}) Faulkner.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Death of Col. S. C. Faulkner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/131021705/ |url-access=subscription |work=[[Arkansas Gazette|The Arkansas Gazette]] |location=Little Rock |date=August 5, 1874 |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref> He was responsible in large part for the story forming the basis of the "Arkansas Traveler,"<ref>{{cite book |last=Pope |first=William F. |date=1895 |editor-last=Pope |editor-first=Dunbar H. |title=Early Days in Arkansas; Being for the Most Part the Personal Recollections of an Old Settler |url=https://archive.org/details/earlydaysinarkan00pope/page/230/mode/2up |location=Little Rock, Ark. |publisher=Frederick W. Allsopp |pages=230–233 |lccn=rc01001258 |oclc=1042982348 |ol=23296431M |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Teske |first=Steven |date=January 25, 2017 |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sandford-c-sandy-faulkner-2408/ |title=Sandford C. "Sandy" Faulkner (1803?–1874) |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]] |location=Little Rock |accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref> which was the official song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963, and the official state historic song of Arkansas since 1987.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Worthen |first=William B. |date=July 17, 2018 |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=505 |title=Arkansas Traveler |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]] |location=Little Rock |accessdate=November 11, 2018}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War]], Faulkner served as an [[artillery]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] detailed to ordnance duty in the [[Trans-Mississippi Department]] of the [[Confederate States Army]].<ref>{{Citation |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers, and Nonregimental Enlisted Men. NARA Microfilm Publication, M331, 275 rolls. War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109 |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] |publication-place=Washington, D.C.}}</ref>  

From November 1862 to August 1863, Faulkner served as the commanding officer of the [[Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal|Little Rock Arsenal]]. In late September 1863, The Little Rock facility relocated to [[Tyler, Texas]], and was redesignated Tyler Ordnance Works. On October 1 of the same year, the Little Rock ordnance stores were turned over to Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Hill, officer in charge at Tyler.<ref>Ordnance Department – Miscellaneous Record Book, Little Rock Arsenal, Arkansas & Tyler Ordnance Works, Texas, 1862 – 1865, Record Group 109, Chapter IV, Vol. 148</ref> Faulkner was then assigned as commanding officer of the ordnance depot at [[Marshall, Texas]], and served there to the end of the war.<ref>{{cite book |last=Albaugh |first=William A. III |date=1958 |title=Tyler, Texas C.S.A. |location=Harrisburg, Pa. |publisher=[[Stackpole Books|Stackpole Co.]] |lccn=58012307 |oclc=1099590 |ol=30522064M}}</ref>