Edward Otho Cresap Ord (October 18, 1818 – July 22, 1883), frequently referred to as E. O. C. Ord, was an American engineer and United States Army officer...
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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...
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Ord is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Boris Ord (1897–1961), British composer Edward Ord (1818–1883), Major General in the US Army...
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to by some sources as "Mount Ord". Mount Ord is named after Major General Edward Ord. The top of Mount Ord is home to a collection of communications...
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to relieve Butler of command. Maj. Gen. Edward Ord was placed in command of the Army of the James. Under Ord's leadership the Army of the James was to...
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James Edward Ord (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...
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the protesting McLean as they made off with his property. Major General Edward Ord paid $40 (equivalent to $796 in today's dollars) for the table Lee had...
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Accusations of soldiers engaging in looting also surfaced. Retired Captain Edward Ord of the 22nd Infantry Regiment was appointed a special police officer by...
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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...
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Wright, John Parke and Edward Ord (John Gibbon) begin an artillery barrage on the Confederate lines. The division commanders and Ord reported to Grant that...
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Mississippi. At various times, the district was commanded by generals Edward Ord, Alvan Cullem Gillem, and Adelbert Ames. Following the completion of the...
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Edward Ord (1818–1883) was a U.S. Army major general. General Ord may also refer to: Harry Ord (1819–1885), British Army major general James Garesche Ord...
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own Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen. Edward Ord, approaching from the northwest. Although Grant and Ord planned to attack in conjunction with Rosecrans...
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Mansfield George Meade Montgomery C. Meigs Wesley Merritt Dixon S. Miles Edward Ord Alfred Pleasonton John Pope John F. Reynolds William Rosecrans John Schofield...
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territory of California. Along with fellow Lieutenants Henry Halleck and Edward Ord, Sherman embarked from New York City on the 198-day journey around Cape...
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Plank Road, a task later given to Sheridan. Grant ordered Major General Edward Ord, to quietly move units from the Army of the James to fill in the portion...
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wooden barracks, officially named Ord Barracks, in June 1903. It was named for former American Civil War general, Edward Ord. However, in order to perpetuate...
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supervision of the military commander of the Department of Texas, Major General Edward Ord, a West Point-trained army engineer. Today, as one of the Army's oldest...
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without recourse. McClernand's XIII Corps was turned over to Maj. Gen. Edward Ord, who had recovered from an October 1862 wound sustained at Hatchie's Bridge...
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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...
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Union XVIII Corps under Major General Edward Ord, assaulted Fort Harrison to the west of New Market Heights. Ord's assault was led by Brig. Gen. George...
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McClernand on June 18. McClernand's XIII Corps was turned over to Maj. Gen. Edward Ord. In May 1864, McClernand was restored to a command in remote Texas. Grant...
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Ord, nicknamed "Sunny" and "Garry," was born at Fort Lewis near Durango, Colorado, on April 18, 1886. He was the son of Major Edward Otho Cresap Ord II...
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Civil War general Edward O. C. Ord. Under the Union Pacific Railroad, the Omaha and Republican Valley Railway established the 59-mile Ord Subdivision between...
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Banks, and Edward Canby. Army of the James, the army operating on the Virginia Peninsula, 1864–65, commanded by Benjamin Butler and Edward Ord. Army of...
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Grant. But Grant sent forces under Maj. Gens. William S. Rosecrans and Edward Ord to attack Price's force at Iuka. Rosecrans won a minor victory at the...
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Angeles was originally surveyed and mapped under the leadership of Gen. Edward Ord in 1849, its graveyard was at the upper end of Eternity Street. At the...
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two columns before Van Dorn could reinforce him. Grant sent Brig. Gen. Edward Ord with three Army of the Tennessee divisions (about 8,000 men) along the...
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– Edward Sabine, Irish astronomer (b. 1788) July 15 – General Tom Thumb, American circus performer and entertainer (b. 1838) July 22 – Edward Ord, U...
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event. The Grand Duke in the company of General Philip Sheridan, General Edward Ord, and Lt. Colonel (Brevet Major General) George Armstrong Custer, the latter...
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