Crossing Motion_directional the Rapidan River via Germanna and Ely 's Fords , the Federal infantry concentrated Preserving near Chancellorsville on April 30 .

A source from the 12th century , , written by the monks at Ely , suggests Convincing that Byrhtnoth had only a few men to command : `` he was neither shaken by the small number of his men , nor fearful of the multitude of the enemy '' .

Other members of Cooley 's party representing the U. S. government were : Elijah Sells , Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern Superintendency ; William Harney , an Army officer who had spent Expend_resource most of the Civil War in Europe ; Ely Parker , a Seneca chief and U. S. Army officer who had been the military secretary for General Grant ; Charles Mix , secretary of the council and long-time chief clerk at the Bureau of Indian Affairs .