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

Language: English

Published by Orion Books, New York, 1991

0517584271 / 9780517584279

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255, [1] pages. Endpaper map. Illustrations. Section Notes. Foreword by Geoffrey C. Ward. The personal journal of a young Union soldier provides an insightful, eyewitness account of the battles and events. 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. All for the Union is the eloquent and moving diary of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, featured throughout Ken Burns' PBS documentary The Civil War. Rhodes enlisted into the Union Army as a private in 1861 and left it four years later as a twenty-three-year-old colonel after fighting hard and honorably in battles from Bull Run to Appomattox. Anyone who heard these diaries excerpted in The Civil War will recognize his accounts of those campaigns, which remain outstanding for their clarity and detail. Most of all, Rhodes's words reveal the motivation of a common Yankee foot soldier, an otherwise ordinary young man who endured the rigors of combat and exhausting marches, short rations, fear, and homesickness for a salary of $13 a month and the satisfaction of giving "all for the union.". First Orion Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].…

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Title
All For The Union; The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Author
Rhodes, Elisha Hunt and Rhodes, Robert Hunt (Editor)
Publisher
Orion Books, New York
Publication year
1991
Condition
Very good
Dust jacket
Very good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0517584271
ISBN 13
9780517584279
Illustrator
Amy Russian (Author photograph)
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