Franz Joseph Hausmann

Cynthia Hausmann, who deciphered and translated the original letters and diaries, is the great-granddaughter of Franz Hausmann.

John Gill is a former colonel in the United States Army and the author With Eagles to Glory, a history of the 1809 campaign and 1809: Thunder on the Danube. He has contributed numerous papers to the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era and other academic forums. He is an associate professor at the Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC.