A lifelong friend and trusted aide of Ulysses S. Grant, Ely Parker rose to the top in two worlds, that of his native Seneca Indian tribe and the white man's world at large. He studied law but was refused admission to the bar as he was not considered a citizen. He studied engineering and while working on a government project in Galena, Illinois, he met U.S. Grant. This is a person that has had an impact on the Civil War, and he is part Indian which I am also which I thought was pretty cool so I picked Ely parker to do my Civil War biography on. Even though he wasn't successful throuout his…
