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Appomattox Court House

National Historical Park Virginia

Ely Parker

Colonel Ely S. Parker wearing the — Ely Parker
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Ely Parker was a Seneca Indian leader, engineer, adjutant and secretary to Ulysses S. Grant, and in the post-war administration of President Grant, the United States' first Native-American Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Last updated: June 1, 2018

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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
P.O. Box 218
Appomattox, VA 24522

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(434) 352-8987

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