. . "Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs"@en . . "Adjutant to General Grant"@en . "Ely Samuel Parker"@en . . . "Ely Parker"@en . . . . . "--06-04"^^ . "1828"^^ . . . . "Ely Samuel Parker (1828 \u2013 August 31, 1895), (born Hasanoanda, later known as Donehogawa) was a Seneca attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War, when he served as adjutant to General Ulysses S. Grant. He wrote the final draft of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. Later in his career, Parker rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General, one of only two Native Americans to earn a general's rank during the war (the other being Stand Watie, who fought for the Confederacy). President Grant appointed him as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that post."@en . . "Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo, New York"@en . . . "Brevet Brigadier General"@en . "Fairfield, Connecticut"@en . . . . . . . . "Place of burial"@en . . . . . . . "Ely S. Parker"@en . "--08-31"^^ . . . "Ely Samuel Parker (1828 \u2013 August 31, 1895), (born Hasanoanda, later known as Donehogawa) was a Seneca attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War, when he served as adjutant to General Ulysses S. Grant. He wrote the final draft of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. Later in his career, Parker rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General, one of only two Native Americans to earn a general's rank during the war (the other being Stand Watie, who fought for the Confederacy). President Grant appointed him as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that post."@en .