Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Elisha Hunt Rhodes was an American soldier who served in the Union Army of the Potomac for the entire duration of the American Civil War, rising from corporal to colonel of his regiment by wars end. Rhodes illustrative diary of his war service was quoted prominently in Ken Burns PBS documentary The Civil War.
Rhodes was born in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, to Captain Elisha H. Rhodes and Eliza A. Chase. He had several sisters and two brothers. At age 14, Rhodes attended Potter and Hammonds Business Academy in Providence.
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