The flagstaff looks like a broomstick with a spear on it.Bruce at the Fla. Museum is having a fit to have it!If you give me your email address i can send you a photo of it.
What you told me is what Bruce and i have suspected because the 2ndFla lost a 2nd Bunting at Sharpsburg.When Granddad was killed he had just been promoted to Brigadier General.He was well known and liked by the General Staff and because of his actions at Wynns Mill General Early thought the family desesrved the staff and flag.