A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sanders, William Schollar
SANDERS. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Schollar Sanders entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1828; passed his examination 27 Feb. 1834; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 7 May, 1840; was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841; and was afterwards employed – from 9 Dec. 1841 until Aug. 1844, in the Growler steam-sloop, Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle, on the coast of Africa – and from 18 Feb. 1845 until paid off in 1848, as First-Lieutenant, in the Vulture steam-frigate, Capt. John M‘Dougall.