Editing Edward Ord (section)

==Dates of rank==
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! Insignia !! Rank !! Date !! Component
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|No insignia || [[Cadet#United States|Cadet, USMA]] || 1 September 1835 || [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]]
|-
|[[File:Union army 2nd lt rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Second lieutenant#United States|Second Lieutenant]] || 1 July 1839 || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army 1st lt rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[First lieutenant#United States|First Lieutenant]] || 1 July 1841 || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army cpt rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] || 7 September 1850 || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army brig gen rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] || 14 September 1861 || [[United States Volunteers|Volunteers]]
|-
|[[File:Union_army_maj_rank_insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Major (United States)|Major]] || 21 November 1861 || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army maj gen rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] || 2 May (accepted 12 May) 1862 || Volunteers
|-
|[[File:Union_army_col_rank_insignia.jpg|75px]] || [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] || 19 September 1862 (brevet) || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union_Army_LTC_rank_insignia.png|75px]] || [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] || 11 December 1865 || Regular Army
|-
|[[File:Union army brig gen rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || Brigadier General || 13 March 1865 (brevet)<br>26 July (accepted 15 August) 1866 (permanent) || Regular Army
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|[[File:Union army maj gen rank insignia.jpg|75px]] || Major General || 13 March 1865 (brevet)<br>28 January 1881 (retired) || 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/biographicalregi02bost/page/8/mode/2up |location=Boston |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin]] |volume=II |edition=3rd |pages=6–9 |isbn=}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1880 |title=Official Army Register for January 1880 |url=https://archive.org/details/officialarmyregi1880unit/page/68/mode/2up|location=Washington |publisher=Adjutant General's Office |pages=3, 68 |isbn=}}</ref>