author
Walter A. (Walter Augustus) Clark
1842–1914
A Confederate veteran from Georgia, he turned memory into narrative in books that look back on both the Civil War and the vanished world of his home community. His writing is valued today for its firsthand detail and strong sense of place.
1 Audiobook
Under the Stars and Bars : or, Memories of four years service with the Oglethorpes, of Augusta, Georgia
by Walter A. (Walter Augustus) Clark
About the author
Born in Georgia in 1842 and dying in 1914, Walter Augustus Clark is best known for writing Under the Stars and Bars, a memoir of his four years with the Oglethorpes of Augusta, Georgia, during the Civil War. The book has remained in circulation through major public-domain collections, which has helped preserve his eyewitness account for later readers.
Clark also wrote Lost Arcadia: or, The Story of My Old Community, a nostalgic work about Hephzibah in Richmond County, Georgia. Together, these books show two sides of his writing: one shaped by war and soldierly memory, the other by affection for local history and everyday life in the community he knew best.
His work is especially appealing to listeners interested in personal history rather than grand theory. Instead of offering a distant overview, Clark writes from lived experience, giving his pages the immediacy of remembered people, places, and events.