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ORD, EDWARD O. C.

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ORD, EDWARD O. C.
1818 - 1883) Union major general who led a Corps during the Vicksburg and Appomattox campaigns. He was also severely wounded in the assault at Corinth and at Fort Harrison during the siege of Petersburg. A.L.S. ""E. O. C. Ord"" on Headquarters of California letterhead, San Francisco, Aug. 29, 1871 to General Henry L. Abbot, in part: ""àwhile I see the point of your remarks and would be glad to send the engineers' comments on Alcatraz to you my authority does not extend beyond limits of my dep't. and I can't order anyone out of it. The division commander can only order convicts to places within his divisionà"". Very good.