 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna April 1861 Sanborn akagadzwa kuva Adjutant General wenyika. Mabasa ake aisanganisira kutarisira sangano uye kugadzira mapoka matatu evanozvipira vechikwata chechikwata chechikwata chechikwata. Akava colonel we4th Minnesota Infantry muna December 1861. Chiremera chakanga chaunganidzwa mubasa reFederal nemakambani paFort Snelling pakati paOctober 4 naDecember 23. Sanborn nevarume vake vakatamira kuBenton Barracks muSt. Louis, Missouri, musi waApril 23, 1862. Sanborn akatungamirira 1st Brigade, 7th Division yeHondo yeMississippi muMaj. Gen. Henry Wager Hallecks Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, kubva muna Chivabvu 18 kusvika Chivabvu 30, Hondo yeIuka, Gunyana 19 uyezve muHondo yeChipiri yeKorinde, Oct 3-4 wegore iroro. 