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"With a certificate, signed by Major-General Hancock, reading as follows: 'This was my headquarters flag, and (with its current staff) was carried at the head of the 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, during the Wilderness Campaign of 1864, from its commencement, May 3, 1864, and at that time was headquarters flag was the Stars and Stripes with the corps badge in the canton." When the IX Corps was merged into the Army of the Potomac, the national flag variation was replaced with a corps flag of the standard design. Personal flags, such as those flown by Major General Philip H.
The flags' outside edges were completed with a thick gold fringe. These flags were similar to the first type silk battle banners delivered to the Confederate Army of the Potomac on November 28, 1861. Madaus, Howard M. Army of Northern Virginia Battle Flag Silk Issue (First Type, First Variation), 1861 Both of these corps flew headquarters flags designed by the Army of the Potomac: dark blue swallow-tailed guidons with a white corps insignia and the corps number in scarlet Roman numerals. The XXIV Corps' insignia was a heart, whereas the XXV Corps' badge was a square.
