(1818-10-18)October 18, 1818 Cumberland, Maryland, US
Died
July 22, 1883(1883-07-22) (aged 64) Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba
Place of burial
Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance
United States (Union)
Service/branch
United States Army (Union Army)
Years of service
1839–1881
Rank
Major General
Commands held
XIII Corps
XVIII Corps
XXIV Corps
Army of the James
Battles/wars
Seminole War
American Civil War
Indian Wars
Relations
Edward Otho Cresap Ord, II, son Jules Garesche Ord, son
Edward Otho Cresap Ord (October 18, 1818 – July 22, 1883) was an American engineer and United States Army officer who saw action in the Seminole War, the Indian Wars, and the American Civil War. He commanded an army during the final days of the Civil War, and was instrumental in forcing the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He also designed Fort Sam Houston. He died in Havana, Cuba of yellow fever.
Edward Otho Cresap Ord (October 18, 1818 – July 22, 1883) was an American engineer and United States Army officer who saw action in the Seminole War, the...
Edward Otho Cresap Ord, II (November 9, 1858 – April 4, 1923) was a United States Army Major who served with the 22nd Infantry Regiment during the Indian...
to relieve Butler of command. Maj. Gen. EdwardOrd was placed in command of the Army of the James. Under Ord's leadership the Army of the James was to...
Mississippi. At various times, the district was commanded by generals EdwardOrd, Alvan Cullem Gillem, and Adelbert Ames. Following the completion of the...
Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay on the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and...
own Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen. EdwardOrd, approaching from the northwest. Although Grant and Ord planned to attack in conjunction with Rosecrans...
Mansfield George Meade Montgomery C. Meigs Wesley Merritt Dixon S. Miles EdwardOrd Alfred Pleasonton John Pope John F. Reynolds William Rosecrans John Schofield...
Accusations of soldiers engaging in looting also surfaced. Retired Captain EdwardOrd of the 22nd Infantry Regiment was appointed a special police officer by...
the protesting McLean as they made off with his property. Major General EdwardOrd paid $40 (equivalent to $796 in today's dollars) for the table Lee had...
without recourse. McClernand's XIII Corps was turned over to Maj. Gen. EdwardOrd, who had recovered from an October 1862 wound sustained at Hatchie's Bridge...
territory of California. Along with fellow Lieutenants Henry Halleck and EdwardOrd, Sherman embarked from New York City on the 198-day journey around Cape...
Wright, John Parke and EdwardOrd (John Gibbon) begin an artillery barrage on the Confederate lines. The division commanders and Ord reported to Grant that...
McClernand on June 18. McClernand's XIII Corps was turned over to Maj. Gen. EdwardOrd. In May 1864, McClernand was restored to a command in remote Texas. Grant...
Among those who served there were Major Generals Edward O.C. Ord, Alfred Terry, Henry Halleck, and Edward R.S. Canby. When Reconstruction ended in Virginia...
Plank Road, a task later given to Sheridan. Grant ordered Major General EdwardOrd, to quietly move units from the Army of the James to fill in the portion...
Banks, and Edward Canby. Army of the James, the army operating on the Virginia Peninsula, 1864–65, commanded by Benjamin Butler and EdwardOrd. Army of...
supervision of the military commander of the Department of Texas, Major General EdwardOrd, a West Point-trained army engineer. Today, as one of the Army's oldest...
occupation was overseen by General Godfrey Weitzel and later General EdwardOrd. President Lincoln, who had been visiting General Grant and staying nearby...
Grant. But Grant sent forces under Maj. Gens. William S. Rosecrans and EdwardOrd to attack Price's force at Iuka. Rosecrans won a minor victory at the...
James EdwardOrd (born 9 November 1987) is an English cricketer. Ord is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Birmingham...
freedmen from Alabama to Arkansas for work on the line. He appointed EdwardOrd to supervise the project and protect the freedmen from Forrest. As it...
(Norton) Ord. His grandfather was Major General Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818–1883), and his great-grandfather was First Lieutenant James Ord (1789–1872)...
two columns before Van Dorn could reinforce him. Grant sent Brig. Gen. EdwardOrd with three Army of the Tennessee divisions (about 8,000 men) along the...