Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818–1883)
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Ord, Edward Othos Cresap
- Geburtstag
- 1818-10-18
- Todestag
- 1883-07-22
- Begräbnisort
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Cumberland, Maryland, USA
- Sterbeort
- Havana, Cuba
- Todesursache
- yellow fever
- Ausbildung
- United States Military Academy (BA|1839)
- Berufe
- soldier
surveyor
civil engineer - Organisationen
- United States Army
Mexican Southern Railroad - Kurzbiographie
- Well before his death, the Southern Pacific Railroad named a station in California, along its now-abandoned Colusa Branch, Ord Bend as recognition of the nearby Ord Ranch, owned in the 1850s by Ord and two of his brothers.
The former Fort Ord, now Fort Ord National Monument, in Monterey County, California, was named for him.
Ord, Nebraska, was named in his honor while he was serving as commander of the Department of the Platte.
Peaks named Mount Ord in Brewster County, Texas and Mount Ord in Maricopa County, Arizona are named for him.
There is a bronze statue of Ord at Vicksburg National Military Park.
There is a bust of Ord on display in the foyer of the University Police Department at California State University, Monterey Bay, in Seaside, California.
The Ord-Weitzel Gate is inscribed with his name at Arlington National Cemetery, but was relocated and modified.
There is a bust of Ord at Grant's Tomb in New York City depicting him as one of five (Sherman, Thomas, McPherson, Sheridan, and Ord) sentinels watching over the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant.
There is a street in Chinatown, Los Angeles, California that is named after him called Ord Street.
There is also an Ord Street in San Francisco named for him.
Ord Street NE in Washington, DC is named for him.
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