Brigadier General Edward O.C. Ord

GPTKB entity

Properties (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Brigadier General
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Fort_Ord
gptkbp:awards Brevet Major General
gptkbp:birthDate 1818-10-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Edward_Ord_Jr.
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:deathDate 1883-07-22
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:famousFor Engineering_projects_in_the_West
gptkbp:honors Ord_Street_in_San_Francisco
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brigadier General Edward O.C. Ord
gptkbp:influenced Military_engineering_in_the_U.S.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkbp:involvedIn Reconstruction efforts
gptkbp:knownFor Military_leadership_during_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:legacy Contributions to military engineering
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:O.C.
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Department_of_the_Pacific
gptkb:Army_of_the_James
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkb:Arlington,_Virginia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_G._Foster
gptkbp:rank Brigadier General
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Mexican-American_War
gptkb:Indian_Wars
Spanish-American War
World_War_I_(posthumously)
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:services 0-1-1-1
gptkbp:serviceYears 1839-1883
gptkbp:spouse Mary_Ord
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_W._Turner
gptkbp:unitAwards gptkb:Corps_of_Engineers