Editing George Meade (section)

==Dates of rank==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Insignia !! Rank !! Date !! Component
|-
|No insignia || [[Cadet#United States|Cadet, USMA]] || September 1, 1831 || [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]]
|-
|[[File:Union army 2nd lt rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Second lieutenant#United States|Second Lieutenant]] || July 1, 1835 (brevet)<br />December 31, 1835 (permanent) || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army 1st lt rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[First lieutenant#United States|First Lieutenant]] || September 23, 1846 (brevet)<br />August 4, 1851 (permanent) || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army cpt rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] || May 19, 1856 || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army brig gen rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] || August 31, 1861 || [[United States Volunteers|Volunteers]]
|-
|[[File:Union_army_maj_rank_insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Major (United States)|Major]] || June 18, 1862 || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army maj gen rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] || November 29, 1862 || Volunteers
|-
|[[File:Union army brig gen rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || Brigadier General || July 3, 1863 || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army maj gen rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || Major General || August 18, 1864 || Regular Army
|}
<ref>{{cite book |last=Cullum |first=George W. |date=1891 |title=Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., from its establishment in 1802 to 1890 |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalreg00gradgoog/page/696/mode/2up |location=Boston |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin]] |volume=I |edition=3rd |pages=601–609 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1871 |title=Official Army Register for January 1871 |url=https://archive.org/details/officialarmyregi00unit_8/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater |location=Washington |publisher=Adjutant General's Office |page=3 }}</ref>