Elisha Hunt Rhodes (March 21 1842 - January 14, 1917) served in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. 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 Elisha H. and Eliza A. Rhodes. He had one sister and two brothers. At age 14, Rhodes went to a business academy. Soon after his father was believed to have died at sea. Wikipedia
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