of his life. He married in 1817 and had ten children, of whom five were still living when he wrote a letter to his son Albert in 1856. In his later years he wrote an account of his experiences, intended for his family. He titled it Denkwurdige Geschichtschreibung über die erlebte Millitäridienstzeit des Verfassers dieses Schreibens ("Memorable History of the Military Service Experienced by the Author of these Letters.") He mailed it to his son Albert, who had emigrated to the United States, in 1856. In 1932, a scholar at the University of Kansas, Frank E. Melvin, acquired the manuscript and authenticated it. Another University of Kansas professor, Otto Springer, translated the work into English, and they published it as A German Conscript with Napoleon. In 1991, Penguin Books re-issued the Springer translation in the United States and Canada under the title The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier (Penguin Books USA, New York, NY, .) External links at the Internet Archive 1788 births 1864 deaths German Roman Catholics German diarists French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars German military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars People from the Duchy of Württemberg Historians of the Napoleonic Wars Military autobiographies German male non-fiction writers