Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CityUnion and Suburbs Ha\ fllf' B"T 1T^ I T T^T T "B~ M 1"^ C~^ City of Union and Suburbs Has I Five L^rge Cotton Mills, One KnittifypJ B__B Bj fi I I A I | j 8 Bj Works, t??l spirting Milt with Dyp Plant, Oil I I I ^ 9 ^91 III . , .1 I sA/ | I j Sewerage System, Electric Lights, Three w 3fcu I furniture Manufactuiin# and I'll | ' J ff I 9. W ' ^"h| ' 9 | W | | I J L I Banks with aggregate capital of $260,000, ^jk^jl FemaleJJemiiiary J9L. ' I -JL- JLJI ^.L ^-T " * 7 J0? .-B- ?- W _HL_ H A W Electric Railway. Population 7,000. 1 itas^a - .> j . *^A^ : ? ?- - ? dot. irtAr^ '* * ? . & , t * *?. _ v . ' ' \ > t , x/IMfc.. HISTORY OF CONPED-1 CRATE UNIFORM AND FLAG. Designs From Which TllPlf I iivy *? VI v n\IU|IIV.\l Were Made by Nicola Marschall, a Prussian Artist, Who, Por More Than Thirty Years Has Lived in Louisville. j Located in the very heart of ! the busy city of Louisville, in a' j well-known business building is 1 a time-stained yet time-honored J room. Its walls are darkened 1 with the finger marks of the 1 passing years, and the whole de- ] meanor of the place is unobtrusive and unpretentious. Yet is 1 this place rich in its treasured 1 . holding of arts, its clustered ( memories and traditions of the 1 old South or the Southland of Ante-Bellum days. ~ J It is a genius who presides J over this place. It is the art 1 studio of Nicola Marschall, mu- J ni^inn nnrhrait naintor on rl 1 signer of both uniform and flag t of the Confederate States of } America. From his Prussian * homeland, where he was made * skilful musically and trained to ^ the painter's art, this man, then 1 in his youth, came over land and v sea to America a^Sne of the most \ rugged arid pictilv^que periods * of this Country's history, the * memorable gold-fever days of '49. It was in Alabama that he ? found the home 'for which he j sought. ? * Within the borders of that State he remained for a time, returning then to the European country of his nativity, there to ] perfect the study of his chosen calling. Again he journeyed to the Southland, this time to make it his home for life. It was at tN} little town of Marion, Ala., Ofagfche eve of the struggle betViien the North and South, that ' he$lrew the designs that will live in history?the Confederate uniform trf gray that stands for the grandest army that ever marched "in tide of times" and the banner under which that army battled?the Stars and Bars. With no other compensation than the pride it caused him to serve the South and the pleasure it gave him to honor a woman's request, these designs were made by Nicola Marschall in 1861 and adopted by the South ern Confederacy. * AS HE APPEARS TODAY. . Vi^brous, hearty and genial ) today, physically erect and mentally energetic, one is scarcely Prepared to believe the record of fe that holds seventy-four years registered to the man's credit, albeit time has left its traces with furrows and gray "hair. For more than thirty years Mr. Marschall has made his home in Louisville, where he has won . friends as enduring as his own good name, and today he OCCUri ip..q as a studio the room of which he took possession in 1878. Mr. Marschall's studio is in the building on the southwest corner of Green and 4th streets. The room is easy of access and looks out upon the two busy '""-v thoroughfares below. Plain and ordinary as a mere room, yet as , the studio of Nicola Marschall it i Jfl is a veritable curiosity shop, a place wealthy in historical recol- | lections, its souvenirs of bygone j days and the works of this artist. There are many portraits about the place, portraits that show j upon canvas the mental pictures '" _ i A aAfU' ? \ it V* *.**' if -i *. ' " i_ V Nv. . V.' " v ' >t ? \aV v * ** ti ' s^^fcy I ^v^?| * 8 still dear to the people of the South. Portraits of Robt. E. Lee, j Joseph E. Johnson, J. C. Breckinridge, William Preston and Bragg are among those in his studio. These are but a few of the Confederate leaders whose 1 portraits he has painted. Among the best pictures he has ever painted were two of Gen. N. B. Forrest, the "Wizard of the Saddle," who was' the personal friend of Mr. Marschall. In Qbscure corners of his studio are old and worn chests, secured ! with bands of steel. One of j these bears the inscription, "N. Marschall, 2d Engineers' Regiment of Alabama. It is the kit: which Mr. Marschall carried with him when he served the^South j is an army engineer during the war. In another box are scrapbooks and papers, among them being letters written Mr. Marshall by generals and statesmen >f the South during and after the war. There is probably no document imong those Mr. Marschall has nore interesting than a letter ntroducing him to President Jef-. 'erson Davis, written hv Hon w Forrest. The letter was writen in 1872 when Gen. b'orrest vas president of the old Selma, darion and Memphis Railroad. Jen. Forrest lived in Marion, Ua., then, at which place Mr. darschall made his home, and it vas when the latter contemplaed ?oing to Memphis, where President Davis was then, that ;he letter was written. The story of how Mr. Marjchall came to design the uniform tnd flag of the Confederacy is )est told in his own words. * * * THE DESIGNER'S STORY. "I came to this country," he aegan, "when I was 18 years of ige. My home was in St. Weniel, Prussia, and I left there that I might continue professionally with music and art, instead af having to serve in thp army. [ left with the permission of my government, something more easily secured then than now. I landed in New Orleans and from there made my way in Mobile, where lived a relative of mine, who had preceded me here. I met him on the eve of his departure for California. It was in 1849 that I landed in America, | when the tide of humanity was flowing toward the gold fields of the Pacific coast. "My kinsman tried to persuade me to ioin his mininc nartv and go to California in search of j wealth. But I was then as farI away from home as I cared to be, and so declined to go. I became acquainted with one of the teachers in the female seminary at Marion, Ala., and learned that it was one of tne garden spots of the South. Wealthy planters lived there; it was a seat of learning and claimed as citizens many of the oldest and most aristocratic Southern families. I decided to go to Marion, and go I did. I became a teacher at the seminary there, where I taught painting, violin, piano, guitar and the French ana German languages. My studies in Europe of draWinrr onrl nointinfr nnnr aaviuu) ma Mciv* iivn ovx aaav; well. I came over here on an old sailing: vessel, and well do I remember to this day how I had to draw the picture of every member of the crew from captain to humblest sailor. I had been in this country one year when my brother arrived here : from Prussia. In 1857 I returned to Prussia and remained in Europe for two years continuing my studies of 'art I studied both in Munich V..; . . . J* i: 'tyi nI.' i j. _and an^WBSt^T SGlf&mmt as f/skw*' them. Well might thisnbfe said. They were all great, manly soldiers and were dressed in ttiS^ striking uniform of gray with green trimmings. Tho orrppn I ! denoted their branch of the army I ?the sharpshooters?and their rank was indicated by marks on ' , the collars of their coats, tyars-! for Lieutenants and Captains, stars for the higher officers. I returned to America in 1859 and again located in Marion. There I painted many portraits of the wealthy painters and members of their family, as well as of other prominent people of the South. Andrew Moore was then a Judge at Marion. He afterward became War Goveraofet of Alabama, and was one of the most important? men in those days in our part of the country. Mrs. Napoleon Lockett, a beautiful Southern woman of an old Virginia family and the wife of a wealthy planter, lived at Marion. Her eldest son married the eldest daughter of Governpr Moore and one of her younger sons married one of the younger daughters of Governor Moore. REQUEST FROM MRS. LOCKETT. 4 'Soon came the first notes of war. Mrs. Lockett was as loyal a daughter as the South had,andi yt ao niuUi liiitiesiccl in its aftairs then. She came to me one day and said: 'Mr. Marschall, we have seceded, and the Confederate Government wants a flag. Will you make us a design? It must not be too unlike the United States flag, but different enough to be distinguished at a distance.' "At once I took pencil and paper and made three different designs. The first was of two red tripes and ore of white, with a blue field beanng / seven white stars?indicating the number of States that had then seceded? in. the upper left-hand corner. The second design was the same, ovonrvf tViof KIiia v/vvvjpt umv i/iiv uiuc nciu w Il/lI stars was at the extreme left of the white stripe, instead of the top red stripe. The third design had the two full red stripes at top and bottom, the white stripe in the middle with the blue field and white stars in the centre." It is a matter of historical fact that this first design, made by Mr. Marschall, was the flag adopted by the Confederate Government, it is also well known to those familiar with , Southern history that this flag? I the Stars and Bars?was placed I on the staff above the capitol at Montgomery, Ala., on March 4, 1861, by Miss J. C. Tyler, of Virginia. She was a grand daughter of John Tyler, Ex* Prtesident of the United States. Continuing his interesting narrative, Mr. Marschall said: 'Mrs. Lockett thanked me for the flag designs, and started to go. Then she came back, adding: 'We also want a design for a uniform, Mr. Marschall. Can't you suggest one?' The thought occurred to me of the gray uniforms I had seen worn by the Austrian sharpshooters. I took a piece of paper and made several rough sketches, indicating the gray color, and also the colors on the collars to denote the branch of the service ?buff for officers, yellow for cavalry, blue for infantry, red for artillery, etc. It did not occuf to me then that I had done anything worthy of note. I simply made the sketches at the request of Mrs. Lockett. I knew no more about them from then until I found ! that the uniform and one of the flags had been adopted by the Confederacy." This is the story of how the gray of the Confederate army and the banner under which that army fought, were made?a story told by tne one who conceived I the plans. Not boastfully, but t oes Mr. >ut, tell that he the dey proud adopted I flag of t. ' id, Mr. private ith his o garritines, at , There hen reirtpilgh. a vice of' npfctyed ill tnree aip. Mr. time in nent of dth Col. lapoleon 3lk, just :ksburg. sn in the the curt AppoMr. v Marachall numbered among hie close friends Major Jftbez Ctarrie, one of Alabama's sre&trasfe planters, and an uncle fef Pi*. ?!' M Hnw" t< U1II1IC. XL WHS at thejjpggestion of Major Cur-* rie, wl^TliMifriends in Kentucky, that Mr^ljfersehall came to LouisvilleHe returned to his art a^teyfte war, and many are the triamired portraits in halls and ha||s of the South today that staml as the product of his brush. Louisville became the home oftiis adoption in 1873. Oij arrivipj here he located in thff studi^ he occupies today, never iff. Ill that time having made a flhange. reniniscences op the wsr BEripotn tup ^T3-rEr History, Sayings and Doings of Company H, 15th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. BY W. II. H. BKYIL. CHAPTER II. When at the junction below Columbia Jim Wicks and myself ran away to the first station, then boarded a freight train, came to Alston, and there we met several others from the 15th regiment, among whom was Tom Knox and James Ward. We then footed it to Union, reaching there next morning. Jack Farr was at home on furlough at that time. All started back on July 29, reached Richmond August 2, went down to Chaffin's farm, some six or seven miles below Richmond, Lieut. W. R. Briggs commanding. He wanted to have all of us, about nine or ten in all, arrested, but Jack said no. We remained there several days, worked on some breastworks, but no incident of any importance occurred. Our next move we packed up, went to Richmond, boarded the train and went to Gordonville. That was the last I saw of our baggage. We then started on our long and tiresome march. The weather being very hot, and we not accustomed to such hardships, it was tuff indeed. The various places we reached during the 1862 campaign does not come to my memory now, but company H always played a conspicuous part on our marches when we would awu ai Oar friend, Wm. Vanderford, having learned the names of the company alphabetically, would relieve the orderly sergeant by calling the roll. We got into a little skirmish on the Rappadan and some yankees were captured. Thence on to Thoroughfare Gap, reaching there before noon, got a position on ihe right of the gap, while Jackson's command was fighting on the left. We remained there until just before night when we were ordered to take a battery over in a valley. We started up a road and the yankees threw shells at us so fast and wounded so many we could not make it that way. There old uncle Billy Gamer got his thigh broke, Ab Humphries i wounded in shoulder, Jim Vin| son, Lem Garner and Nicholas HHBHHHHHHHBHHHHHHI P. M. FARR, President. T I Merchants and Plai Successfully Doing Busii ( WKmm is the OLDEST Hank in e fl has a capital Hnd surplu B H is tho only NATIONAL Q lias paid dividends ??in< B n pays FOUR per cent, i Q jg is tho only Hank In Uni( has Burglar-Proof vault pays mora taxes than Al WP PADIVICcti h ? f JUO 1 L* Y L*l uwMOMaHHnMn < . Fart* also wounded. Ed Palmer and myself's canteen bursted. We then came to a halt for a' moment, then turned to our < right, climbed up the mountain side where the bushes were very thick and 'the ground covered i with small vines, and it was then ; getting dark in such a place. 1 Some one just behind me acci- 1 dentally let his gun fire and it ! was so close to my head that it 1 burned my right ear, scorched 1 my hair in a crisp, and it made 1 me so mad I could have taken a j battery by myself. But company 1 H pressed forward, ran over some of the biggest cabbage at t the foot of the mountain that I 1 ever saw. Forward was the 1 command to the battery, but the r yankees were wise enough to \ make their escape before we rc reached them. We then turned 1 back to the road, halted, stacked i arms and lay down. Jack Farr, t Charlie Giles, Ed Milwood, Y Marion Fowler, Columbus Wor- J they, myself and several others Y got a light and went over the a battle ground where they had g been fighting on our left all the d evening. We saw several dead t yankees, one yankee captain as c much like J. M. Powell, of Union, t as I ever saw. We all eat apples g hi(T"iftrcbard and found a man l v Farr asked him Jack j a but he would not give Jack any 11 satisfactory answer. But Jack 1 < 1 1 * * * pressed mm so tight he had to | \ tell him he was from Alabama, i S Jack sent him under guard to! \ his command. > We then returned to onr com-11 pany and some of the rest had ( found some bacon and hardtack s and had kept our part until we < came back. Next morning it t was very warm. Ho, for Manas- j sas. There we were under a t heavy fire, but our company, not1 j having rifles at that time, was 11 held as reserves. But all along, {j company H never faltered or. i lagged back. It was made up > principally from Pea Ridge, the j ^ flower and backbone of South ] Carolina. The various marches i and incidents which occurred j afterwards does not come vividly < to my mind, but during that < campaign company H went 19 ' days with only 7 days rations. ] i Twelve days they lived on green ( apples and raw corn. Making our way into Maryland we stopped on a hiil, before we came to the Potomac, and got some j rations, but we had nothing to cook in. I sat up the most of the night waiting for a little old nan tn Vialro mw Krna/1 !? U/Unn fMd v/\y in J kfl V/C4U 111* TT 1ICI I got my dough in the pan I was so sleepy I fell on my back and went to sleep with the fire between my legs, but I did not sleep long, for both of my breeches legs caught on fire and burned off before I could get! them put out?we were then about three miles from Leesburg, on the Potomac. Next morning some cavalry passed us going on across the river, and the bugler, as he passed, played on his bugle, "Maryland, my Maryland. That was the first time I ever hea?id that tune. We then crossed the river and went near Frederick City and destroyed some railroad bridges. One morning before day we were called up, went into the city, got in there just as the town clock was striking five. I think every ward had its own clock. We halted in Main street for awhile, j Jackson's command was passing; and going to Harper's Ferrry. i After they had passed company I H was detailed to go to where | they had left, on guard duty. As they had drawn rations and did not have time to cook it, they had to leave it. It was about a mile and a half from the city. J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. 8 ! E iters National Bank, ness at the "Old Stand." Union, sof fl0\000, Hank in Union, luuttnK to ?1)0.400, ntcrcst on deposits. >n inspected by nn ollicer, t, and Safe with Tirac-Lock, r.L the Hunks in Union combined. CIT YOUR BUSINESS. We went and had a fine time until after noon, when we were ordered back to the regiment. On our return back to the city we saw young girls standing on porches making speeches to the South Carolina boys and wanting a S. C. button. I gave away all of mine. There I saw an old man by the name of Forny, who said he had come 20 mile to see the rebels. He had them pictured out as some wild brutes, but, behold, he found them to be gentlemen, who asked him to eat with them. T of a ^ow: mac evening we started ;owards Hagerstown. We inarched until about one o'clock :hat night before we stopped, rhe next morning we turned lack about half a mile and took mother road, passed through a ittle town where the street 'orked, and right in the fork here were some nice grapes langing over the sidewalk. Hix dilwood pulled off one bunch as le passed by and an old man landing in his yard with a bee 'urn hat on, cursed him for a lamn son of a bitch, whereupon le and several more of the boys >pened his gate, walked in and ore his vine down, got as many grapes as they wanted and valked out. The old man stood ind looked on but never said any iagersOTW, wp ofot into stopped in an open neia?tnat vas about the 11th or 12th of r September. We stayed there intil Sunday morning, the 14th, vhen we turned back and came V :o South Mountain, Boonsborough >r Antedam. As the place has several names, I do not know the \ correct one. As we ascended \ ,he mountain we heard firing in \ 'ront. Our chaplain began to ;ake all the canteens he could nanage to bring water. We boys mew then that there was trouble \ ihead. The firing got louder and \ learer. We pressed on, got to vhere there was a kind of a level vith woods on both sides of the ~Ct'A H Wo Vl q! forS o fat" ,, V I1U1UVU U J.6YV U1U11ICI113, :he command was given to press forward. We rushed on until we came to another road which crossed the one we were in. There company H was cut in two parts, the right of the company crossing the road and the left of the company turning to the left to prevent a flank movement, and right there was a hot place * for awhile. Maj. Bill Gist was with us and would tell the boys to load and let him shoot, which he did do. Several got wounded. Charlie Giles, Bob Lamb and I do not know how many. When Jack Farr crossed the road I never saw him any more. Tne yankees were flanking us and we were ordered to retreat back, and as we turned back the saplings and trees were skinned up for about 10 feet high, and James savage was sitting at the root of a tree wounded. I never saw him any more, he died. He was the only man I knew of who kept a daily memorandum of each day's transactions. We got back to a place of safety then. Next morning we got a position at Sharpsburg and we got news that Jackson had captured Harper's Ferry with thirteen thousand prisoners and we cheered all along the line. Washington, D. C.?Ex-Governor Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, who has been in Washington since the inauguration, is an enthusiastic admirer of the military and naval prowess of the wiry little Japs. He has followed every step of the land and sea campaigns and come to the 4-1 4. 4.U- T ^n^iuaiuii tuctt uie jap is tne best soldier to be found in the world today.