Elisha Hunt Rhodes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Union Army general

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1842

Place of Birth: Cranston, Rhode Island, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1917

Profession: military officer, diarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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' PBS documentary The Civil War.