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| North |
| 1828-1895 |
| New
York |
| Head of the Federal Commission |
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A Seneca Indian with legal training,
admitted to the military only after Ulysses
Grant intervened, Ely Parker made history by writing
out the terms of the final Confederate surrender. Later,
under Grant's presidency, Parker made history again as
head of the federal commission on Indian affairs. Robert
E. Lee once mistook Parker for a black man, but corrected
himself at Appomattox: "I am glad to see one real
American here." |
