From the book entitle: Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States, 1861-1865
Civil War unit histories: Union — Midwest and West
Author Illinois Infantry. 13th regt., 1861-1864
Publisher: Woman’s temperance publishing association, 1892

John W. Rhodes,

Erie ; born in Wilmington, Indiana, 1842 ; mustered in May 24,
1861 : discharged June 8, 1863 and commissioned Second-Lieutenant
Third Mississippi Colored Troops ; promoted to First-Lieutenant
October 10, 1863 and to Captain September 20, 1864 ; discharged
March 8, 1866; manufacturer. Present address, Havana, Illinois.

Title: History of the Minnesota Valley: including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota
Authors: Edward Duffield Neill, Charles S. Bryant, North star publishing company, Minneapolis
Publisher: North star publishing company, 1882

C. H. Rhodes was born February 20, 1849, in Dodge county, Wisconsin. His father died in 1854 in the mines of California. After leaving the common schools he was several years hi the high school at Waupnn; for some time he has been employed by railroad companies to fill different positions, and since 1880 has been depot agent at Clontarf. In 1878 he married Mary Leach.