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 ev.