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

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! them. Well might this be said
They were all great, manly sol
diers and were dressed in the
!, striking uniform Of gray with
green trimmings. The green
denoted their branch of the army
the sharpshooters-and their
rank was indicated by marks on
the collars of their coats, bars
for Lieutenants and Captains.
stars for the higher officers.
| returned to America in 1859
and again located in Marion.
There | painted many portraits
of the wealthy painters and
members of their family, as we'll
as of other prominent people of
the South. Andrew Moore was
then a Judge at Marion. He
afterward became War Gover7loxI
OF Alabama, and was one of the
most importaflts men in those
days in our part Of the country.
Mrs. Napoleon Lockett, q beau
tiful 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 Governor
Moore and one of her younger
sons married one of the younger
daughters of Governor Moore.
REQUEST FROM MRS. LocKETT.
Soon came the first notes of
war. Mrs. Lockett was as loyal
daughter as the S9utth, # I bag, and
then. She came to me one day
and said: Mr.. Marschall, we
have seeded, and the Confeder-
ate 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 l took pencil and
paper and made three different
designs. The first was of two
red tripes and one of white, with
a blue field bearing seven white
ars-indicating the number of
States that had then seeded
in the upper left-hand corner.
The second design was the same,
except that the blue field with
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"
1t is a matter of historical fact
that this first design, made by
Mr.. Marschall, was the flag
adopted by the Confederate
Government. 1t is also we'll
known to those familiar with
Southern history that this flag
the Stars and Bars-was placed
on the staff above the capitol at
Montgomery, Ala, on March 4,
1861, by Miss j. C. Tyler, of;
Virginia. She was grand
daughter of John Tyler, Exa.
President of the United States.
Continuing his interesting mar
rative, 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 uniform,
Mr.. Marschall. Can't you sug-
gest .one? The thought occurred
to me Of the gray uniforms I had
seen worn by the Austrian sharp
shooters. ! 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.
1t did not occur to me then
that / had done anything worthy
of note. / simply made the
sketches at the request of Mrs.
Lockett. / knew no more about
them from then until / 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 the one who conceived
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