Ely Samuel Parker (left) with General Ulysses S. Grant and Staff. Harvard educated Ely S. Parker (Seneca) was a Union Civil War Colonel who wrote the terms of surrender between the United States and the Confederate States. He was one of two Native Americans to reach the rank of Brigadier General during the Civil War. Later in his career, President Grant appointed him as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that post. (Photo Credit: NPS)
| Date Taken: | 11.24.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 11.30.2020 11:43 |
| Photo ID: | 6437432 |
| VIRIN: | 201124-M-DU308-672 |
| Resolution: | 285x232 |
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| Location: | MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA, US |
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