The Interesting Life of Edward Ortho Cresap Ord
General Ord had a front-row seat to many historical events and people of 19th Century America: Roommates with William T. Sherman at West Point, artillery officer in the 2nd Seminole War, Civil War hero, investigator of the Lincoln assassination, hunted buffalo with Custer, and a possible illegitimate descendent of King George VI.
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