Designating Flag, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps
date: label: date made
content: 1865
label: contract date
content: 1865-03-23
name: label: maker
content: William F. Scheible
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description:
label: Description
content: Rectangular wool bunting flag. Blue field with hand-stitched white shield in the center of the flag. In the shield is a blue anchor crossed with a red cannon. The cannon surmounts the anchor. Anchor and cannon are hand-stitched and are probably cotton. Unbleached cotton pole sleeve with a metal grommet at each end. The pole sleeve has an inscription which reads "9th Corps/2nd DIV/BRIG Head/quarters FROM/Wm. F. Scheible/Philada. Pa/Contract March 23, 1865." Machine-stitched flag panels with flat-felled seams. Selvage edges on top and bottom of flag.
label: Description
content: General Description:
label: Description
content: Ninth Army Corps (22 July 1862 - 1 August 1865)
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Flags
label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
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content: Designating Flags
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content: Flags
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25285B
label: catalog number
content: 25285B
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flag, designating
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (part: pole sleeve material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 3/4 in x 55 3/4 in; 184.785 cm x 141.605 cm