Sandford C. Faulkner (March 3, 1803 – August 4, 1874), better known as Sandy Faulkner, was an American planter, raconteur and fiddler who personified the mid-19th century folk song "Arkansas Traveler," for which he received writing credit. It has since gone on to become the official state historic song of Arkansas.
From November 1862 through August 1863 Faulkner served as the Commanding Officer of the Little Rock Arsenal. The Little Rock facility was moved to Tyler, Texas and designated as the Tyler, Texas Ordnance Works beginning operations in October 1863. On 1 October 1863 he signed over stores to Lt. Col. G.H. Hill the officer in charge at Tyler.[6]He was then assigned as officer in charge of the Ordnance Depot in Marshall, Texas and served there to the end of the war.[7]
^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 Number 109, Washington, D.C.: National Archives
^Ordnance Department – Miscellaneous Record Book, Little Rock Arsenal, Arkansas & Tyler Ordnance Works, Texas, 1862 – 1865, Recorrd Group 109, Chapter IV, Vol. 148
^William A. Albaugh, Tyler, Texas CSA, Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, Pa (1958)