Historical Marker
Artist of Confederacy
Historical marker location:
Louisville, Kentucky
( Cave Hill Cem.(Section 5), US 60, Louisville)
Nicola Marschall designed the Stars and Bars, official flag of Confederacy, and gray uniform of the Southern army, March 1861. Born, 1829, St. Wendel, Germany, he came to U.S. (Alabama) in 1849 to continue professionally in art. Noted portraits: Jefferson Davis, other Confederates; Lincoln and other Presidents. In 1873 he came to Louisville where he died, 1917.
Dedicated May 31, 1964.