Nicola Marschall

Place: St. Wendel

Born: 1829

Death: 1917

Biography:

Nicola Marschall (1829 – February 24, 1917) was a German-American artist who supported the Confederate cause during the American Civil War. He designed the original Confederate flag, the Stars and Bars, as well as the official grey uniform of the Confederate army. Marschall was born in St. Wendel, Germany, in 1829 to a wealthy Prussian family of to...