Beschreibung:

lot of 24, includes a diary of 6th Maine Battery reunions from 1885-1918 kept by Rhodes comprised mostly of newsclippings about the reunions, as well as lists of attendees, a 1913 typed roster of the unit with penciled annotations for those who had died, a printed 4-page listing the units and commanders of the Third Army Corps printed for the Hadley Reunion in 1895, 1 page of typed notes from the 1918 6th Maine Battery reunion, James Rhodes' June 1865 discharge from the 6th Maine Battery with a list of the battles in which he participated, an 1862 certificate indicating Rhodes' membership in the Sons of Temperance, an excised page from Rhodes' account of a trip he took as a boy with his father to Virginia in which he talks of playing with another boy who the 6th Maine would later capture in Chancellorsville, one of Rhodes' calling cards with embossed and colored GAR medal, a clipped map of Petersburg from a late 19th century newspaper, a manuscript letter to Henry E. Rhodes from George L. Kilmer, outlining plans to publish his account of the Battle of Petersburg and wishing to collect personal accounts and an accompanying manuscript map drawn from actual survey of the town and battle, a receipt from G.W. Palmer & Son, an engraved "Reward of Merit" presented to Nancy [?] E. Rhodes, the obituary of Rhodes' wife, Lettie, a typed poem entitled Our Home Maker read at her funeral, and two scrap books containing late 19th and early 20th century newsclippings, mostly about politics, the Civil War, GAR members, and many articles about and printed images of Lincoln. The archive also includes 2 cdv's of a young Rhodes in his uniform, a cabinet card of Rhodes and two comrades from the 6th Maine Battery (all in uniform), a 9th plate tintype of a 20-something Rhodes, a cdv of a middle-aged Rhodes, a cdv of a young lady named "Aunt Mar", a cdv of another young lady, possibly Rhodes' wife Lettie, and a cdv-sized tintype of James and Lettie's 2 young children Whitney and Albert. Rhodes was only 18 when he enlisted in the Maine 6th Light Artillery Battery in February of 1864. The 1st Light Artillery Regiment was mustered in in 1861, and engaged in numerous battles, including Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, and Gettysburg. The 6th Battery had been formed in 1862 and was in Brandy Station when the young Rhodes enlisted. He would see much action in his 1 year, 4 months, and 7 days in service, including the Battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. After the war, Rhodes would marry Lettie in 1866, have 2 children, become mayor of Rockland, Maine. He clearly placed great importance on his time in the 6th Maine Battery. His post-war life was seemingly devoted to his fellow veterans and to the recording of the events he witnessed. Provenance:See also Lot 576 for a Rhodes-related flag. Condition:Documents with expected folds, newsclippings with expected toning and foxing, one scrapbook very worn, diary has some wear, but binding still intact and tight, photos with some fading and staining; generally G-VG.