Edward Otho Cresap Ord

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Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.

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Edward Otho Cresap Ord canonical 4
Quincy Adams Gillmore 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
United States Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived brevet promotions for gallant and meritorious service ⓘ
birthDate 1818-10-18 ⓘ
birthPlace Cumberland, Maryland, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath yellow fever ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
Indian Wars ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
Third Seminole War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1883-07-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Havana, Cuba ⓘ
education United States Military Academy ⓘ
familyName Ord ⓘ
fieldOfWork fortification design ⓘ
military engineering ⓘ
fullName Edward Otho Cresap Ord ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasPartNamedAfter Fort Ord ⓘ
Ord Military Community ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
notableEvent commanded Union forces at the Battle of Fort Harrison ⓘ
participated in the Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
present at the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
surveyed parts of the Pacific Coast in the 1850s ⓘ
wounded at the Battle of Dr. John’s Hill near Petersburg ⓘ
wounded at the Battle of Hatchie’s Bridge ⓘ
notableWork designed fortifications around Washington, D.C. ⓘ
numberOfChildren 7 ⓘ
occupation civil engineer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
parent James Ord ⓘ
positionHeld commander of the Army of the James ⓘ
commander of the Department of Virginia ⓘ
commander of the XIII Corps ⓘ
commander of the XVIII Corps ⓘ
postMilitaryCareer civil engineer in California ⓘ
railroad engineer ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
servedIn U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
sibling Eustace Ord ⓘ
spouse Mary Mercer Thompson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Ord → namedAfter → Edward Otho Cresap Ord ⓘ
Assault on Fort Wagner → commander → Quincy Adams Gillmore ⓘ
linked to: Edward Otho Cresap Ord
Edward Otho Cresap Ord → fullName → Edward Otho Cresap Ord ⓘ
Edward O. C. Ord → fullName → Edward Otho Cresap Ord ⓘ
Edward O. C. Ord → fullName → Edward Otho Cresap Ord ⓘ
subject linked to: Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord