Sanderson enlisted in Co. F of the 15th VA Cavalry on January 1, 1864. This later became Co. F of the 5th VA Cavalry. He was hospitalized for syphilis in Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond in March 1865, but evacuated with the army in April, 1865. He was at the CSA General Hospital in Farmville, VA on April 7, 1865 with typhoid fever and he was paroled in the hospital sometime near April 15, 1865.
After the war, he returned home to Norfolk County, where he was a farmer in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. He died November 4, 1906. According to his obituary, his remains were "forwarded to Hickory Ground, his former home."
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