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Charles H. Clarke
Best remembered for a firsthand Civil War history, this writer left behind a vivid account of Company F of the 1st Rhode Island Volunteers during the spring and summer of 1861. Surviving catalog records also show work as a translator, suggesting a wider literary life than his best-known title alone might imply.
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About the author
Charles H. Clarke is a relatively obscure author today, but his name still appears in major public-domain and library catalogs. He is best known for History of Company F, 1st Regiment, R.I. Volunteers, during the Spring and Summer of 1861, published in 1891, a book valued for its close-up look at one Union company in the opening months of the American Civil War.
Catalog records also connect him with other work, including John Bull and Uncle Sam; or, The Alabama Fever and a 1923 book titled Germany Yesterday and To-morrow. Another library record identifies him as the translator of The Ravings of a Renegade, credited to Charles H. Clarke, Ph.D., which suggests he may also have worked in translation as well as historical writing.
Clear biographical details about his personal life were not easy to confirm from reliable readily available sources, so the picture that survives is mostly through his books. Even so, his writing points to an author interested in history, public affairs, and preserving firsthand perspectives for later readers.