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Posted by: Dr. James Jones on Jul 01, 2003 - 06:00 AM
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1, GENERAL ORDERS, No. 177, prescribing changes in flag designations and creation of the Army of the Cumberland Reserve Corps and its flag designations [see April 25, 1863 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 91 changes in flag insignia and unit designations for the Army of the Cumberland and April 26, 1864 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6, relative to changes in flag insignia and unit designations for the Army of the Cumberland]
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPT OF THE CUMBERLAND, No. 177. Winchester, Tenn., August 1, 1863.
I. The flags prescribed for the Fourteenth Army Corps by Gen. Orders, No. 91, current Series, from these headquarters, having been made of dark blue instead of bright blue material, it has been found necessary to change the stars designating the different divisions from black to white to black. General Orders, No. 91, are amended accordingly.
II. A new corps having been created in this department, known as the Reserve Corps, the following-described flags will be used to designate the headquarters of the corps and its various divisions and brigades:
Hdqrs. Reserve Corps.--A bright red, white, and blue flag (diagonal), red uppermost, 6 feet by 4, fringed with yellow. A circle of light blue in the center, containing a five-pointed golden star, partially covered by an eagle perched upon a shield, upon which is emblazoned the stars and stripes. In the upper right and lower left hand corners appear the letters R. C., in gold and red.
First Division Reserve Corps.--A bright red and blue flag, 3 feet on the staff and 4 1/2 feet fly, running to a point at the fly, with a white crescent in the center, points toward staff.
Second Division Reserve Corps.--The same as First Division, except there shall be two white crescents, placed perpendicularly one above the other.
Third Division Reserve Corps.--Same as for First Division, except there shall be three white crescents, placed in a triangle, the base parallel to the staff.
The flags of brigades will be the flags of their divisions, with the addition of a figure in white, equidistant from the staff and the crescent, to de not the number of the brigade.
Artillery of Reserve Corps.--Each battery serving with the Reserve Corps shall have a bright red, white, and blue flag (diagonal), 1 1/2 feet on the staff by 2 feet fly, red uppermost, with the name of the battery in black letters on the white stripe.
By command of Maj.-Gen. Rosecrans:
OR, Ser. I, Vol. 23, pt. II, pp. 586-587.
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