Designating Flag, Headquarters, 15th Army Corps
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular wool bunting flag. The flag is divided into four equal quarters: the upper hoist union is red, the upper fly union is white, the lower hoist union is yellow; the lower fly union is blue. There is a black cartridge box painted in the center of the flag. On the front flap of the box is a yellow oval with the letters "U.S." Above the cartridge box are the words "FORTY ROUNDS" painted in black letters in an arc. The hoist corners have square reinforcements. There is a yellow wool fringe around all sides except the hoist. White cotton hoist with a grommet at each end. Stamped on the hoist is an inscription that reads "15TH ARMY CORPS HEADQUARTERS." Machine-stitched with flat-felled seams.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.25274
label: catalog number
content: 25274
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: heading material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (part: applied decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 64 3/4 in x 56 3/4 in; 164.465 cm x 144.145 cm