25 in. long, 15 in. wide (approx.) Each polished cotton banner / flag printed with red corps badge enclosed by blue star-filled border, swallow-tail ends; some bear stenciled corps number; including badges of the following: 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac; 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac, marked "3"; 4th Corps, Army of the Cumberland; 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac, marked "5"; 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac; 7th Corps, Department of Arkansas Corps; 8th Corps, Middle Department, marked "8"; 10th Corps, Department of the South, marked "10"; 14th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, marked "14"; 15th Corps, Army of Tennessee, marked, "15th"; 17th Corps, Department of Tennessee, marked "17": 19th Corps, Middle Military Division, marked "19"; 20th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, marked "20"; 22nd Corps, Department of Washington; 24th Corps, Department of Virginia, marked "24"; 25th Corps, Army of the James Department of Texas, marked "25"; Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, with hand-inscription: "Sheridan Cav"; Signal Corps; Engineer and Pontonier Corps; and one unidentified. Together with a printed cotton flag on stick inscribed, "Naval Post No. 400 G.A.R./ Philadelphia Dep't Penn'a"

Provenance: From Grand Army of the Republic, Naval Post No. 400, located at 132 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia; Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.

The consignor knows of no other extant set of GAR Civil War Corps badge flags; although single corp badge flags have been found.

The 25th Corps, Army of the James Department of Texas, was created in 1864 from African American troops of the 10th and 18th Corps.