All For the Union
The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes

A remarkable record In 1861 at the age of nineteen, Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted in the second Rhode Island volunteers (which he abbreviates 2nd RI Vols) as a private. He was barely able even to do that. He was the oldest son of a widow, and his mother was reluctant to see him go. Furthermore, when he......more

Elisha Hunt Rhodes is an interesting character. He was pretty much everywhere in the eastern part of the war. Bull Run, Antietam (though he only saw it, did not fight), Gettysburg, Petersburg, the Shenandoah campaign, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Seven Pines, Appomattox Court House. And while he st......more

This book and its story lived up to all the hype concerning it. I loved The Civil War series and read this because of it. He did a great job of describing the day by day life of a soldier. He downplayed his role in the battles, you don't go from private to Lt. Colonel by just being cautious. The rest sou......more

This book is the printed version of the actual wartime journal of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, soldier and then officer in the Union army. It starts when he is 19 and asking his mother's permission to enlist, and ends after the war having returned home to Rhode Island. In that over four year span, he writes......more

very interesting book....great story ! the dude wrote like Dr P would talk!......more