Description:

This designating flag has a white field with a red applique shield.  On the shield is a crossed anchor and cannon.  Both are applique with the blue cannon over a white anchor.  A white linen sleeved is attached to the hoist end of the flag.  The flag was attached to the staff by running a rope through the sleeve.  The sleeve is stamped with the designation and makers mark “9 ARMY CORPS 1 DIV HORSTMANN PHILADELPHIA”.

The staff, which measures 63” by 1.25”, is topped by a spade-shaped finial.  The staffs of flags returned to the state at the 1866 Detroit ceremony marking the end of the war all bear identical brass plaques.  The brass plaque reads in Spencerian script “1st Div. 9th A. C.”.

The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.