Book 13 "The Diary of a Napoleanic Foot Soldier"

The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier By Jakob Walter

General William Tecumseh Sherman was quoted once during the
Civil War where he said, "War is Hell".

A quote that sets the tone for the Diary of Jakob Walter. A soldier in Napoleon's "Grande Army" and having the last existing record during this period within the army. It's an interesting account of the cruelty of war, the gruesomeness of its nature and the violence and hardships that exist both within the army itself and the innocent bystanders surrounding the war. His account carries the reader through the fatal campaign of 1812 (Napoleon's Russian Campaign against Tsar Alexander).

Jakob takes in account the march in Moscow and the harsh conditions and the eventual fight for survival as the army struggled through starvation, dehydration, and freezing climates. Countless stories of men freezing to death and dying at each others hands simply for a piece of bread.

An interesting read but gory to its last page. However, truthful to every word written.