I am writing a paper from the view point of a soldier in Napoleon's Army as they invaded Russia. Looking for some books that I can read and uses as sources but any information about what it might have been like or anything of the sorts would help. Thank You
Aside from the Walter diary, one of the most harrowing accounts of 1812 is Sergeant Bourgogne - with Napoleon's Imperial Guard in the Russian campaign and on the retreat from Moscow 1812 - 13 by Adrien Bourgogne who typified the Imperial Guard's hard fighting grumblers. A Soldier for Napoleon The Campaigns of Lieutenant Joseph Hausmann 7th Bavarian Infantry by Joseph Hausmann are a series of letters from a Bavarian soldier fighting on the northern front of the French invasion and well worth a look. The relevant chapters on 1812 in Campaigning for Napoleon: The Diary of a Napoleonic Cavalry Officer 1806 - 1813 by Maurice De Tascher and In the Legions of Napoleon: The Memoirs of a Polish Officer in Spain and Russia, 1808-1813 by Heinrich von Brandt are well worth examining.
For secondary sources, one of the best books on the the nature of military life is Rory Muir's Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon which is a readable gem of a book.
The best source I can recommend is Jakob Walter, he was a Westphalian soldier that served in rhe French army during the invasion.
Joseph Minard created an iconic graphic about the march to Moscow, tracking location, temperature, date, and the size of the French Army. It's a brutal graphic.