Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Elisha Hunt Rhodes | |
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| Born | March 21, 1842 |
| Died | January 14, 1917 (aged 74) |
| Place of burial | Swan Point Cemetery Providence, Rhode Island |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | Union Army Rhode Island Militia |
| Service years | 1861–65 (Army) 1879–92 (Militia) |
| Rank | Colonel (Army) Brigadier General (Militia) |
| Commands | 2nd Rhode Island Infantry Rhode Island militia |
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| Spouse | Caroline Pearce Hunt |
| Children | 3 |
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Elisha Hunt Rhodes (March 21, 1842 – January 14, 1917) 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 war's end. 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.