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Frances M. Clarke

Frances M. Clarke is a historian at the University of Sydney. She is the author of War Stories: Suffering and Sacrifice in the Civil War North.

Stories from this author

Drummer boy John Clem (left) and Robert Henry Hendershot, who claimed to be the celebrated "drummer boy of Rappahannock" (right)

Why the Union Army Had So Many Boy Soldiers

A new book unearths the startling numbers behind underage enlistment during the Civil War