Name/Title
Edward Otho Cresap Ord II [Cabinet Photo]Description
1876 cabinet card by Z.M. Zuller of Edward Otho Cresap Ord II at the U.S. Naval Academy.Context
This photograph, taken in Annapolis, Maryland, is of Midshipman Edward Otho Cresap Ord II in May 1876 - his only year at the U.S. Naval Academy. Four years later, Second Lieutenant Ord served in the Indian campaigns in Texas with the 22nd Infantry in 1880, and commanded the Seminole Indian scouts in 1882 to about 1890. The scouts served as advance scouts for the commanding white officers and the all-black units known as the Buffalo Soldiers. They became famous for their tracking abilities and feats of endurance.