I have some invoices for flag staffs from carpenters, wood worked or lumber yards from several places in the South. This makes perfect sense considering these people were used to working with wood items and had the tools to work with wood for shaping, etc.

These people would have been sub-contracted by the depot for this work.

This, as most have made mention, is an area of flags that is little explored still. Same with those that did the finials.

Greg Biggs