Capt. Ely S. Parker’s Appointment as Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant’s Private Secretary, August 30, 1864

War Dept., Adjt. General’s Office.

Washington, D. C, August 30, 1864.

General Orders.

No. 249.

Capt. Ely S. Parker, assistant adjutant-general, U. S. Volunteers, is announced as private secretary on the staff of Lieutenant-General Grant, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, vice W. R. Rowley resigned.

By order of the Secretary of War.

E. D. Townsend,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SOURCE: Arthur Caswell Parker, The Life of General Ely S. Parker, p. 116