Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of E. O. C. Ord

Battles of E. O. C. Ord

United States Army officer (1818–1883)

E. O. C. Ord is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1861 and 1865: 4 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,282 km apart end to end, 570 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (5).

Battle of DranesvilleBattle of Hatchie BridgeAppomattox campaignThird Battle of PetersburgBattle of Appomattox StationBattle of DranesvilleBattle of Hatchie BridgeAppomattox campaignBattle of Appomattox StationCincinnatiRaleighNashvilleBaltimoreIndianapolisKnoxvilleWilmingtonCharlestonColumbusCharlotte500 km37.015N, 83.068W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1861: 1 engagements1862: 1 engagements1865: 3 engagements3 in 186518611865
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Dranesville, 1861Battle of Hatchie Bridge, 1862Appomattox campaign, 1865Third Battle of Petersburg, 1865Battle of Appomattox Station, 186518611865
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 December 1861Battle of DranesvilleFairfax County, Virginia, United StatesUnion victory
5 October 1862Battle of Hatchie BridgeMcNairy County, Tennessee, United States1,108 km WConfederate victory
1865Appomattox campaignVirginia, United States934 km EDecisive Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on...
2 April 1865Third Battle of PetersburgDinwiddie County, Virginia, United States119 km EUnion victory: End of the Siege of Petersburg and opening...
8 April 1865Battle of Appomattox StationAppomattox County, Virginia, United States121 km WUnion victory; Subsequent battle at Appomattox Court House...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, The original uploader was AlexPlank at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.