In Memoriam
On July 17, 1868, Ward was posthumously appointed to the rank of brevet brigadier general, ranking from July 2, 1863, for "gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Ball's Bluff, VA, October 21, 1861, and in the battle of Gettysburg, PA, where he was killed."
Fort Ward on Bainbridge Island, Washington was named in his honor.
A small stone monument in the Gettysburg Battlefield marks the approximate location where Ward was struck by the fatal shell fragment.
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