# Sanford — A Yankee in the Trenches character guide

> Sanford in A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-vii-fascination-of-patrol-work

## Who they are

A soldier or officer mentioned in passing.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/narrator)

_friendship_

Sanford is a comrade of the narrator, likely another soldier in the same unit, offering companionship in the war.

## In the story

### [On the Go](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/viii-on-the-go)

A fellow American who argues with the narrator about the Civil War, much to the amusement of the Tommies.

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