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Ord commanded the [[Department of the Platte]] from December 11, 1871, until April 11, 1875, when he was reassigned as the commander of the [[Department of Texas]]. He served in that role until his retirement on December 6, 1880. While he was stationed in Texas, he supervised the construction of [[Fort Sam Houston]].
In January 1872, Ord was a member of the buffalo hunting excursion with the [[Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia]] on the plains of southwest [[Nebraska]] with American celebrities of the day. They included [[Philip Sheridan]] (second in command of the United States Army), Lt. Col. [[George Armstrong Custer]], [[Buffalo Bill Cody]], [[Wild Bill
During 1872, Col. Ord and a soldier detachment were assigned to protect the survey parties of the [[Wheeler Survey]] as they worked in the vicinity of northeastern Utah.<ref>Howell, Edwin E. (1845–1911). Diary of December 12, 1872. [http://www.library.rochester.edu/rbscp Univ. of Rochester Rare Books and Manuscript Collections].</ref>
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