Editing Edward Ord (section)

==Legacy==
* Well before his death, the [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] named a station in California, along its now-abandoned [[Colusa, California|Colusa]] Branch, [[Ordbend, California|Ord Bend]] as recognition of the nearby Ord Ranch, owned in the 1850s by Ord and two of his brothers.<ref name=CPN>{{cite book | last = Gudde | first = Erwin G. | title = California Place Names | publisher = [[University of California Press]] | year = 1949 | location = Berkeley, California | page = 244}}</ref>
* The former [[Fort Ord]], now [[Fort Ord National Monument]], in [[Monterey County, California]], was named for him.
* [[Ord, Nebraska]], was named in his honor while he was serving as commander of the Department of the Platte.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA140 | title=History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Burr, George L. | year=1921 | page=140}}</ref>
* Peaks named Mount Ord in [[Brewster County, Texas]], and [[Mount Ord (Apache County, Arizona)|Mount Ord]] in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], are named for him.<ref name=GNIS>{{cite web | title = Mount Ord, FID:1342086 | work = Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) | publisher = [[United States Geological Survey|U.S. Geological Survey]] | date = 1979-11-30 | url = http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1342086 | access-date = 2008-11-29}}</ref>
* There is a bronze statue of Ord at [[Vicksburg National Military Park]].
* There is a bust of Ord on display in the foyer of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130828201237/http://police.csumb.edu/ University Police Department] at [[California State University, Monterey Bay]], in Seaside, California.
* The Ord-Weitzel Gate is inscribed with his name at Arlington National Cemetery, but was relocated and modified.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/va1846/|title=Arlington National Cemetery, Ord-Weitzel Gate, Arlington, Arlington County, VA|work=The Library of Congress|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ggwash.org/view/3994/then-and-now-arlingtons-ord-weitzel-gate|title=Then and Now: Arlington's Ord-Weitzel Gate|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en}}</ref>
* There is a bust of Ord at [[Grant's Tomb]] in New York City depicting him as one of five ([[William T. Sherman|Sherman]], [[George H. Thomas|Thomas]], [[James B. McPherson|McPherson]], [[Philip H. Sheridan|Sheridan]], and Ord) sentinels watching over the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant.
* Ord Street in [[Chinatown, Los Angeles, California]] is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=3a8192be-7e44-406b-9e77-b702f43506ed&cp=37.760808~-122.440218&lvl=20&style=g&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027|title=Map of Ord Street, San Francisco, California.|website=www.bing.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref> There is also an Ord Street in [[San Francisco]] named for him.<ref>''The Chronicle'' 12 April 1987 p.7</ref>
* Ord Street NE in Washington, D.C., is named for him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=68b42c06-999b-4a1f-ac21-268884199200&cp=38.908545~-76.93878&lvl=16&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027|title=Map of Ord St NE in Washington, DC|website=www.bing.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref>