LISHA HUNT RHODES was one of those rare Civil War soldiers who served the entire. This miniature cannon, which Rhodes owned after the war, was recently sold by Fleischer’s Auctions. Measuring 5 ½ inches, it was modeled after a Parrott rifle placed on a garrison or naval carriage. We are left to wonder what thoughts of desperate battle or friends long gone came to Rhodes’ mind when he gazed at the knickknack.
