[2] Sanno's father served in appointive offices including town postmaster and sergeant-at-arms of the New Jersey General Assembly.

Shortly after the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the 7th Infantry was ordered to New York City to take part in the response to the draft riots.

[1] The regiment remained in the city through the end of the war in May 1865, then deployed to Florida for post-war occupation duty during the Reconstruction era.

[1] Sanno served on frontier duty at Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming, as the 7th Infantry's adjutant from June to September 1869.

[1] He continued to serve with the 7th Infantry through the summer of 1878, including a regimental encampment on the Marias River in Montana from July to August 1878.

[1] Sanno served at Davids Island, New York, as acting assistant adjutant of the army's General Recruiting Service from November 1878 to October 1880.

[1] From August 1889 to October 1894, Sanno served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as instructor in charge of the Department of Law at the Infantry and Cavalry School.

[1] From December 1890 to February 1892, Sanno served in South Dakota as commander of a battalion during expeditions against the Sioux, and was in charge Sitting Bull's band following their surrender.

[1][5] Sanno served with the 3rd Infantry at Fort Snelling, Minnesota from July 1895 to April 1898, including detached service from June to August 1896, when he took part in the deportation of Cree Indians from Montana to their reservation in Canada.

[1] After being assigned to command the 18th Infantry, Sanno served from January to August 1900 as a member of the army board in Manila that audited wartime claims against the United States.

[1] After returning to the United States and going on sick leave in late 1900, he was on duty at Plattsburg Barracks, New York, from February to August 1901 as commander of the 27th Infantry.

[1] He commanded the regiment until July 1903, including service at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming and at Camp Bumpus, Philippines.

[1] In 1896, he was commended by Governor Benjamin F. Potts of Montana Territory and Department of the Platte commander John R. Brooke for his efforts during the deportation of Cree.

[6] She was the daughter of Brevet Brigadier General John T. Sprague, who was Sanno's superior officer as commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment.

[6] Waddell was a consulting engineer who was a member of the Edison Pioneers and the inventor of a synthetic silk that preceded the development of Rayon.