German American brewer's diary

[jeffy]

http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/schneider_diary.shtml

I enjoyed reading this diary from the life an immigrant 19th Century brewer.

[narcout]

Yeah, that was cool.

[euge]

That was more than cool. Awesome! And he survived 24 battles in the CW? Wow. It sounds like he was a brewer's brewer.

[jeffy]

He doesn't say which side he fought on, does he?  I assume the North.
I like the casual way he describes going from penniless to wealthy and back more than once.  He certainly was resilient.

[tygo]

He doesn't say which side he fought on, does he?  I assume the North.

Yeah, the North.  He gives the regiment:  Turner Regiment 17th Mo Vol (Missouri Volunteers) USA

Very cool read.

[morticaixavier]

Very cool indeed. I like that he, at various times was water boy, brewer, maltster and architect.

Also getting the entire history of his life into a couple of pages and making it totally readable and engaging is amazing.