Major General Edward Ord photograph

Carte de visite photograph of Major General Edward Otho Cresap Ord, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Edward Ord was born in Cumberland, Maryland, on October 18, 1818. He graduated from West Point in 1839 and served in the Seminole War, the Indian Wars and the American Civil War. He reached the rank of Major General. He died in Havana, Cuba, on July 22, 1883 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery