Charles Clerget was a French army officer born in Langres on 8 October 1795, died in Paris on 16 March 1849 (53 years old).
From 1 April 1825, he was employed in the work of the mapping of France, and was promoted to captain on 27 October 1830 at the 53rd Infantry Regiment.
He devoted himself to the classification and study of the Archives of the Wars of the French Revolution and the Empire.
Named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor on 9 January 1848, and the officer on 24 October 1848, he died in Paris on 16 March 1849.
Tables of French armies during the Revolutionary wars, military bookstore R. Chapelot, Paris, 1905 Foreword by the French armed tables during the Revolutionary war, Squadron Chief of General Staff Charles Clerget, under the direction of the historical section of the General Staff of the Army, military bookshop R. Chapelot, Paris, 1905