Rectangular wool bunting flag. Horizontal tricolor design is red on top, white in middle, and blue on the bottom. On both the red and blue bands next to hoist is a cotton black five-point star applique with a white number "2" painted in each star. White cotton canvas hoist with an inscription that reads "2nd Brg 2nd Div 21st Army Corps." The flag has machine-stitched flat-felled seams with hand-stitched edges.
Date Made: 1890-1897
Maker: Robert C. Toy
Location: Currently not on view
Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Subject: FlagsCivil WarRelated Event: Civil War
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Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: AF.25251HCatalog Number: 25251HAccession Number: 64127
Object Name: flag, designating
Physical Description: wool (overall material)canvas (part: heading material)cotton (part: applique material)Measurements: overall: 72 in x 44 in; 182.88 cm x 111.76 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-e635-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_1375408
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