Edward Otho Cresap Ord

Ord, Edward Otho Cresap (1818–83) Union army officer, born in Cumberland, Maryland. Ord gained national attention when he defeated J.E.B. Stuart in a major skirmish in Virginia (1861). Ord was often used by Ulysses S. Grant to replace problematic commanders. In 1864 he led an expedition into the Shenandoah Valley, assaulting and capturing Fort Harrison, Virginia. He later commanded the Army of the James in the final battles around Petersburg (1865). Before the war Ord had fought against the Seminoles in Florida (1839–42) and participated in several American Indian expeditions in the Northwest while in command of a company in California (1855). He had also assisted in suppressing John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (1859) when stationed in Virginia.

Edward Otho Cresap Ord 1818-83, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cumberland, Md. He commanded a brigade in Virginia (1861-62), was promoted to major general of volunteers, and fought at Iuka and Corinth, Miss. (1862). In the last stage of the Vicksburg campaign (1863), Ord led the 13th Corps. Returning to the Virginia theater in 1864, he served briefly as commander in the Shenandoah valley, and in the final operations against Robert E. Lee he led successively the 8th Corps, the 18th Corps, and the Army of the James. Ord commanded various departments after the war. In 1881 he was made a major general on the retired list.