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Very Interesting and Romantic Life of a U S Soldier
An interview with First Sergeant Gus Paulus recounts a decades long, wanderer’s life from Rhine Bavaria birth in 1831 to American enlistment. He details emigration in 1867, service in the German army during 1870 war, journey back to America, and later military service in the United States, marriage, children, and final postings, ending with his status as first sergeant of the Fifth Cavalry Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Paulus
Will Cavalry
Paulus
Rhine
Bavaria
Bnd
America
Philadelphia
Grant
Seymour
Baltimore
Washington
Prinze Willams County
South Carolina
A. Hennser
Germany
Prussia
London
Rotterdam
Owas
Weisenfels
Wuarth
Sedan
Napoléon
Batte
New Orleans
Paris
Wilhelm III
Metz
Austria
Hungary
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Stan
Newport
City
Fort Bridge
Wyants
Gen. Oyster
Fort Douglay
Utah
A. M. McCook
McCook
Sherman
Sheridan
O. O. Howell
Drom
E. T. Miaray
Italy
Vaylor
Thom
Port Teuglass
G. Trush
Jana Broveht
Jesusha Coulter
Susan Mary
Miek- Ban
Salt Lake Ily
Hort Larante
Fort Logan
Colorado
Seventh Infantry
Fort Laramie
Hhree
Natalia
Dustav Adolph Ludwig
Wailer
Sherman Cooildes
Cant
Wheeler
Lient
Pilska
Samrson
Afajor Sorengen
Quartermaster's Department
Srnday
Srnday Sidernoon
Carson
Pine Streets
Kelly
St. Claire
Tyler
Infantry
Lieut
Wade
Cavalry