The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-03-24

still dear to the people of the
South. Portraits of Robt. E. Lee,
Joseph E. Johnson, J. C. Breck.
lnrldge, William Preston and
Bragg are among those in his
studio. These are but a few of
the Confederate leaders whose
portraits he has painted. Among
the best pictures he has ever
painted We're two of Gen. N. B.
Forrest, the Wizard of the Sad
dle," who was the personal
friend of Mr.. Marschall.
/ In obscure corners of his studio
are old and worn chests, secured
with bands of steel. One of
these bears the inscription, IN.
Marschall, I'd Engineers Regi-
ment of Alabama" 1t is the kit
which Mr.. Marschall carried with
him when he served theSouth
as an army engineer during the
war. In another box are scrap
books and papers, among them
being letters written Mr.. Mar
schall by generals and statesmen
OF the South during and after the
war. &.
There is probably no document
among those Mr.. Marschall has
more interesting than a letter
introducing him to President JEFF
ferson Davis, written by Gen. N.
b. Forrest: The letter was writ
ten In 1872 when Gen. Forrest
was president of the old Selma,
Marion and Memphis Railroad.
Gen. Forrest lived in Marion,
Ala, then, at which place Mr..
Marschall made his home, and it
was when the slater contempla-
ted going to Memphis, where
President Davis was then, that
the letter was written.
The story of how Mr.. Mar
schall came to design the uniform
and flag of the Confederacy is
best told in his own words.
THE DESIGNERS STORY.
II came to this country" he
began, when / was 18 years of
age. My home was in st. Wen
del, Prussia, and / left there
that l might continue profession
ally with music and art, instead
of having to serve in the army.
| left with the permission of my
government, something more
easily secured then than now.
landed in New Orleans and from
there made my way in Mobile,
where lived a relative of mine,
who had preceded me here. /
met him on the eve of his depart
ure for California. 1t was in
1849 that l 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 join his mining party and
go to California in search of
wealth. But was then as far
away from home as cared to
be, and so declined to go. / be-
| came acquainted with one of the
teachers in the female seminary
at Marion, Ala, and learned that
it was one of the garden spots o1
the South. Wealthy planters
lived there; it was a seat of learn.
ing and claimed as citizens many
of the Oldest and most aristo
cratic Southern families. I de-
cided to go to Marion, and go
did. / became a teacher at the
seminary there, where / taught
lpainting, violin, piano, guitar
and the French and German Ian
lguages.
| My studies in Europe of draw
ling and painting now served m,
well. / came over here on al
old sailing vessel, and well do
remember to this day how / hat
to draw the picture of ever,
member of the crew from cap
tain to humblest sailor. / ha,
been in this country one yea
when my brother arrived her
from Prussia.
In 1867 / returned to Prussi;
,and remained in Europe for tw
years continuing my studies o
Tart, l studied both in Municl