What was daily life like for an ordinary foot soldier during the Napoleonic Wars?
Jakob Walter was born in the province of Wurttemberg, a German state, in 1788. He was Roman Catholic. Walter was conscripted into Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armee in 1807, and served in several campaigns. When Napoleon decided to invade Russia in 1812, Walter was again called up to serve. He survived the retreat from Moscow and retired from […]