Designating Flag, Chief Quartermaster, 9th Army Corps

Description:

Physical Description:

Wool bunting tapered swallowtail flag. Red field. There are two bicolor diagonal stripes that extend from one end of the hoist to the opposite swallowtail; these stripes cross at the fork in the swallowtail. The bicolor stripes are white on top and navy on bottom before the fork and navy on top and white on bottom on the swallowtails. A green cotton number "9" surmounts the stripes. White cotton hhoist with a metal grommet at each end. The hoist has an inscription that reads "9th ARMY Corps/Chief/Qr. Master From/Wm. F. Scheible/Philada Pa/Contract March 23, 1865." The flag is hand-stitched.

General Description:

Ninth Army Corps (22 July 1862 - 1 August 1865)

The Ninth Army Corps used several different flags during its existence between 22 July 1862 and 1 August 1865. The corps badge, authorized on April 19, 1864, called for the design of a shield on which a fouled anchor lies beneath a cannon. the regulation flag bearing the badge design came into use in the late summer of 1864.

The Corps was commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside from its beginning. It is speculated that the shield represents the seal of the state of Rhode Island, General Burnsides' birthplace, and the fouled anchor refers to the Corp's participation in the Peninsular campaign.

Date Made: 1865

Maker: William F. Scheible

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: FlagsCivil WarRelated Event: Civil War

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See more items in: Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military, Civil War, Military, Designating Flags, Flags

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25270DCatalog Number: 25270DAccession Number: 64127

Object Name: flag, designating

Physical Description: wool (overall material)cotton (part: heading material)cotton (part: number "9" material)Measurements: overall: 59 1/4 in x 76 in; 150.495 cm x 193.04 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-d683-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1368800

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