Jr. Charles E. Hatch

Charles E. Hatch, Jr. wrote popular history focused on colonial Virginia and the American Revolution. His best-known books include The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624, Jamestown, Virginia: The Townsite and Its Story, and Yorktown and the Siege of 1781.

His work was closely tied to the National Park Service and to the interpretation of historic sites in Virginia, especially Jamestown and Yorktown. Several of his books appeared in the National Park Service Historical Handbook series, where he combined narrative history with practical guidance for visitors.

Reliable biographical detail about his personal life appears to be limited in the sources I could confirm here, so this overview focuses on his published work and public role as a historian of early Virginia.