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Frederick Slater, Jr. (Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier - major, 11th Ky. Cav)

b. 1828-09-25 d. 1916-08-11

Dearborn County, Indiana, merchant and soldier. Native of Germany. Son of Frederick Slater and Matilda Slater. Married to Sarah Slater. Father of William Slater and Frederick Slater, III. Laborer in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Dearborn County, Indiana, in 1860. Member of the Democratic Party. Mayor of Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana, from 1861 to 1862. Served in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from September 22, 1862 to December 18, 1864. Captured at the Battle of Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee on December 7, 1862. Paroled on December 9, 1862.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, District 2, p. 128A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Dearborn County, Aurora, p. 406.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0111.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0477.

"City Ordinances," The Aurora Journal (Aurora, Indiana), December 26, 1861, p. 3.

"Council Proceedings," The Aurora Journal (Aurora, Indiana), July 10, 1862, p. 3.

"Democratic Township Meeting," The Aurora Journal (Aurora, Indiana), March 21, 1861, p. 2.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 270, 286.

"Frederick Slater (1828-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial 33614832, accessed May 18, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33614832.

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Slater, Frederick, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208567 (November 12, 2026).

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