Charles H. Bogart grew up in Newport and Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, and now lives in Frankfort, Kentucky. He has a BA in History from Thomas More University and a MCP from The Ohio State University. He retired from the Kentucky Department of Emergency Management, where he worked in the Hazardous Materials Plans and Operations Section. He is currently employed as a Conductor at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum, Versailles, Kentucky.

He has taught at Kentucky State University and Eastern Kentucky University. He has published six books and over 100 articles on military, naval, and railroad history. He is president of the Frankfort Civil War Roundtable and the North American Transit Historical Society. He is editor of the CSX Transportation Historical Society Journal and the Western River Report for the Steamship Historical Society of America. As a result of his great-grandfather being a private in the 108th Ohio, he is a member of the Sons of Civil War Union Veterans. He has been a member of the Kentucky Civil War Roundtable since 1971.