Civil War Uniform Shirts ? When to Use a One and Two Piece Body!
So, you want to make your own Civil War shirt. You have so many decisions to make - one or two-piece body, type of front, buttons, material, colors, collars! Wow.
A common pattern is a one-piece body with gussets under the sleeves with or without a collar using the same pattern.
You can vary the widths of the cuffs to copy original photographs. There is no standard pattern - even issued shirts were made off civilian patterns of the day. The variation of shirts is mind-boggling. You will see everything.
The most common shirt has a placket front with about 3 buttons. But you will see shirts that button all the way down. There is everything from A to Z.
If you see a shirt in an original photo and you want to copy it, do it. The red, white, blue on this shirt was a copy. Patriotic shirts were a common theme.
All topstitching should be by hand.
If you don't have enough material to do a 1-piece body, you can do 2 and piece them together using a shoulder strap.
It depended on how much material they had. You can only tell if it is a 2-piece body if you turn the shirt inside out. Yes, the 2-piece body was common during Civil War times.
There were many civilian shirts during the war and they varied greatly because many of them were sent from home.
All my shirts have glass buttons on them, but that is no rule either.
By Paula and Coach McCoach http://www.civilwaruniforms.net
Coach McCoach invites you to join the Civil War Uniforms Newsletter and receive weekly updates on shirts, jackets, haversacks and more! Let us do the research for you, so you can enjoy your Civil War Reenacting Hobby. Get quick information with time and money saving tips in each issue. Free Civil War Uniforms course with your subscription. Go to http://www.civilwaruniforms.net to join!
2005 permission granted to reprint this article in print or on your website so long as the paragraph above is included and the contact information is included to coach@civilwaruniforms.net and http://www.civilwaruniforms.net
Latest News
Dr. Thomas Baldino Appointed Interim Dean of College of Arts ... Wilkes University, PA - Thomas Baldino has been appointed Interim Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science. Effective January 10, he replaces Darin Fields who ... American Academy of Arts and Sciences Launches Humanities ... |
Johannes von Moltke to launch Center for the Humanities Faculty ... News from Washington University in St. Louis, MO - Von Moltke — the first of six speakers appearing for the Center for the Humanities this spring — was invited to campus by 2009 Faculty Fellow Jennifer ... |
Habitat for Humanity's ReStore site of food drive West Fargo Pioneer, ND - The Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, a building supply thrift store located in Moorhead, is kicking off a month long food drive to benefit the local food ... |
Jackson Library To Present "Abraham Lincoln Man Of Sorrow" Jakson Time, NJ - ... offered through the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council of the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. ... Lincoln, without the varnish |
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com | Northampton Community College awarded $800000 grant to create ... The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com, PA - It has been awarded an $800000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to ensure Northampton and Monroe county residents can study aspects of ... NCC receives $800K grant for Pocono and Bethlehem programs Northampton Community College grant to further history studies Grant for $800000 challenges Northampton Community College to ... |
New leader tapped for humanities council Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - The organization is one of 56 state and territorial councils affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, creating and supporting humanities ... |
![]() Daily Guide | UCC to begin distance learning courses in natural sciences/humanities Modern Ghana, Ghana - ... on Thursday announced that plans were far advanced to introduce distance learning programmes in the natural sciences and humanities. ... UCC to introduce more courses … in distance learning programme Many Ghanaians are embracing ‘Distance Education’, says university don |
![]() Inside Higher Ed | Unlikely Haven for Humanities Publishing Inside Higher Ed, DC - The University of Houston-Victoria is an unlikely hot spot for experimental fiction and the humanities. But this 3200-student institution has, ... |
USU names interim theater department head Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Yolanda Flores Niemann, dean of USU's Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences college, asked Jessop to assume the additional duties, as Colin Johnson, ... |
Division of Arts and Humanities offers up a 3 in 1 Penn State Altoona, United States - ALTOONA – Shorts, an evening of one-act plays produced entirely by Penn State Altoona students, kicks off Thursday, February 5, 2009 in the Paul R. and ... |
Resources
-
Sorry Currently Unavailable

