Designating Flag, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860-1865
name: label: maker
content: William H. Horstmann & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description:
label: Description
content: Rectangular flag. Blue field with large white sphere applique. Two small squares of darker blue fabric on the corners next to the hoist. Pole sleeve is constructed of unbleached fabric, most likely cotton canvas. Machine stitched flat fell panel seams. Hand-stitched pole sleeve, reinforced corner patches, and central appliqued motif. Hand-stitched cord casing in pole sleeve. Cord in casing. Inscription on hoist reads "1 ARMY CORPS 2 DIV HORSTMANN/PHILADELPHIA."
label: Description
content: General Description:
label: Description
content: First Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
label: Description
content: The flags of 1862 represent specific commands and served as tactical signals. They usually had an ensign designed by the commanders themselves which came to be the symbol for the division. In the spring of 1863, the Army of the Potomac issued badges for its entire corps, and on March 21, 1863, the 1st Army Corps, under General Joseph Hooker, issued an announcement designating the sphere as its emblem. This remained the emblem for the corps until they merged with the 5th Army Corps in March of 1864.
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: Flags
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content: Designating Flags
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25232W
label: catalog number
content: 25232W
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 (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 in x 55 1/4 in; 157.48 cm x 140.335 cm