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William Clarke Short Story
William L. Clarke
By :Omar Moustafa and Eliot Grenfell

Imagine being shot 18 times at an age less than 18 and surviving . This happened to William F. Clarke at such a young age. This heroic young man was chosen to be the main subject of my project because he might be the most gallant and brave individual that stepped on the soil of the Civil war. William has a completely impressive and astonishing story. William F. Clarke was a private in Company A of the 1st Connecticut cavalry under the leadership of Union army general James H. Wilson, when Wilsons army headed toward a confederate storehouse at Danville, Virginia in June, 1864. William was one brave cavalry man ,which would recklessly charge into enemy lines as he had
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