Confederate Shirts

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http://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/378DDE1B-D85F-4159-BE24-743214160174

This shirt was worn by Brigadier General David Addison Weisiger during the battle of the Crater, Petersburg, VA., 1864. The shirt is patched in the place where a bullet pierced the garment and wounded Weisiger in his side.

Greenish brown wool flannel shirt embroidered with the initials "D.A.W."; band collar; five button holes and white glass buttons.

 

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This shirt was made for Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill by his wife, the sister of John Hunt Morgan. This shirt was worn by Hill during the siege of Petersburg.

White linen shirt with embroidered placket; band collar, no pockets, four button holes, and white glass buttons.

 

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A surgeon assigned to the CSS Selma in the Confederate Navy's Mobile Squadron, Edwin G.Booth wore this shirt while treating the wounded after the battle of Mobile Bay, August 1864. He was taken prisoner during that battle. The shirt was made from a fabric that was apparently a popular variety run through the blockade." Dr. Booth's appointment as Assistant Surgeon, dated May 1, 1863, is located in the Confederate Navy Series, Eleanor S. Brockenbrough Library.

According to the donor, the material was made in France during the war, designed especially for Confederate officers; the fabric was blood stained at one time, but now moth-eaten.

Dark maroon wool flannel shirt with printed crossed Second National pattern flags; band collar; no pockets, four button holes, mother-of-pearl buttons.

 

[major bill]

Are they all the same basic design?

 

[Legion Para]

Are they all the same basic design?

Civil War shirt design was very similar, so is shirt design today. You have variations in collars, materials and pocket configuration.

More shirts will be added to this thread.

 

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http://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/AB2A7D7D-EFE6-4E89-81E1-273044541472

This shirt was worn by Pvt. Kennedy Palmer of Co. H., 13th Virginia Infantry. Made for him by his sister, Nellie Palmer. He enlisted on April 19, 1861.

Light blue wool flannel shirt with red wool flannel collar and cuffs; white polished cotton lining; civilian cuff size brass buttons stamped with stylized leaf pattern, no backmarks.

 

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http://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/BEC015BB-9D77-401C-AE58-979923424681

This shirt was spun, dyed, woven and made by Mrs. Andrew Thomas Beam. It was worn by Private Andrew Thomas Beam of Company F, 23rd South Carolina Volunteers, Evan's Brigade. He was killed on July 30, 1864 at the Battle of the Crater.

Light brown cotton homespun cotton shirt; turndown collar with one interior and one exterior breast pocket; three button holes and white glass buttons.

 

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http://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/F16295EF-6C60-40BB-A92F-068539394396

Tom Buck made this shirt out of a spread from an old Dutchman's bed, while in camp in Pennsylvania. Peter S. Hyde of Company E 12th Virginia Cavalry wore this shirt during the war.

Shirt of blue and white plaid cotton sheeting with band collar; blue cotton drill exterior patch pocket on the left breast; three button holes and white glass buttons.

 

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http://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/947233DA-DD61-4CD6-8243-213694821526

This shirt was worn by M. Page Lapham, 2nd Company Washington Artillery.

White cotton cloth with pleated front and a turn-down collar; white glass buttons.

 

[AUG]

Note that most of these appear to be undershirts, not to be confused with the overshirt (aka battle shirt, hunting shirt, work shirt, etc.) Pvt. Kennedy Palmer's looks like it might've been more of an overshirt style, which could've been worn over an undershirt in place of a vest, coat or jacket.

 

[D.H. Hill]

Don't mean to hijack your thread, but just found a photograph of a shirt with an unusual system of pleats like that worn by Edward Crozier at MoC

(http://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/85E6548A-6440-4E23-88F6-155919445624) being worn in period and figured I'd share.

Confederate POW at Camp Douglas, Chicago

 

[Legion Para]

Don't mean to hijack your thread, but just found a photograph of a shirt with an unusual system of pleats like that worn by Edward Crozier at MoC

(http://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/85E6548A-6440-4E23-88F6-155919445624) being worn in period and figured I'd share.

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Confederate POW at Camp Douglas, Chicago

@D.H. Hill,

Any post on Confederate shirts is most welcomed.

 

[DixieRifles]

Nice examples. Surprised at some of the material.
I'm trying to picture what a Confederate cavalryman would wear in hot and wet Mississippi.