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Union Army general

Elisha Hunt Rhodes (March 21, 1842 – January 14, 1917) was an American soldier who served in the UnionArmy of the Potomac for the entire duration of the American Civil War, rising from corporal to colonel of his regiment by war's end.

Elisha hunt rhodes diary

Rhodes' illustrative diary of his war service was quoted prominently in Ken Burns's 1990 PBS documentary series The Civil War, read by Christopher Murney.

Early life

Rhodes was born in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, to Elisha H.

Rhodes and Eliza A. Chase. He had several sisters and two brothers. At age 14, Rhodes attended Potter and Hammond's Business Academy in Providence.

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His father drowned when his schooner, the merchant ship Worcester, was sunk by a hurricane on December 10, 1858. He was buried on Linyards Cay, Abaco in the Bahamas.

Civil War

Rhodes served with the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry throughout its service during the American Civil War.

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