Discharged as a prisoner of war June 5th, 1865, Colonel (he preferred the title "Major") Slaton settled on a farm at Sandtown, now Woodbury, Georgia.
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| By the intervention of Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, Major Slaton's life was saved and he was sent to prison at Johnson's Island in Lake Erie. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Franklin Slaton and the 37th Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Always the educator,* Major Slaton--who had been promoted to Lt. Colonel while in captivity--resumed his professorial duties, teaching fellow inmates and guards, white and black. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| One pupil was William J. Samford. The future governor completed his education at Johnson's Island and Major Slaton issued him a diploma written on foolscap paper. Discharged as a prisoner of war June 5th, 1865, Colonel (he preferred the title "Major") Slaton settled on a farm at Sandtown, now Woodbury, Georgia. |
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| This is part of an article written for the Alabama Heritage Book series. Copyright 1999 Elizabeth DuBois All rights reserved. |
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| * Major Slaton was a founder of a private male preparatory school in Auburn; he then became a professor and founder of the East Alabama Male College which today is Auburn University. For most of his career, he was Superintendent of Schools for the City of Atlanta. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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