Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 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.
HEADQUARTERS MCCALL’S DIVISION, Camp Peirpoint, Va., December 19, 1861. GENERAL: You will pleaso move 1n command of your brigade at 6 a. m. to-morrow, on the Leesburg pike, in the…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, City Point, Va., March 16, 1865. Major-General ORD, Army of the James: Secretary Stanton is here. JNO. A. RAWLINS, Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH CORPS, March 18, 1865. March 18, 1865. – (Received 2.45 p. m.) Major-General ORD, Commanding: A deserter has just come in who says that our review yesterday caused…
City Point, V. A. City Point, V. A., March 19, 1865. Major-General ORD: General Sheridan has brought with him some 2,000 or 3,000 negroes. I have directed him to send…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, March 19, 1865. March 19, 1865. Major-General ORD: Please send me some more of General Grant’s orders and a man who understands your mode of fixing…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 22, 1865. No. 57. City Point, Va., March 22, 1865. I. V. The Twenty-eighth Regiment U.S. Colored Troops is relieved…
City Point, V. A. City Point, V. A., March 24, 1865. Maj. Gen. E. O. C. ORD, Commanding Army of the James: A dispatch from General Sheridan of Tuesday said…
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, March 24, 1865. ARMIES OPERATING AGAINST Richmond, V. A., City Point, March 24, 1865. Major-General ORD, Commanding Army of the James: GENERAL: We have news from…