serviceyears resting_place branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label birth_date placeofburial rank spouse image article_title name
1861 -lrb- militia -rrb- - 1865 -lrb- army -rrb- 1879 - 1893 swan point cemetery union army 2nd rhode island infantry rhode island militia providence , rhode island 14 january 1917 pawtuxet , rhode island united states of america union place of burial 21 march 1842 swan point cemetery providence , rhode island colonel -lrb- army -rrb- brigadier general -lrb- militia -rrb- caroline pearce hunt elisha hunt rhodes.jpg elisha hunt rhodes
 elisha hunt rhodes
elisha hunt rhodes

elisha hunt rhodes -lrb- march 21 , 1842 -- january 14 , 1917 -rrb- 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 '' .
