| So you want to make or upgrade your Civil
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| | have discussed. Cuffs can be added using
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| War uniform shirt, but you don't know
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| | the material of the shirt or a different
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| where to start. What type of material do
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| | color or material. Most cuffs were about
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| you use, should you use metal, porcelain
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| | 2 inches wide.41. Next, get yourself some
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| or bone buttons, should you have a collar
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| | good buttons. Stay away from plastic and
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| on your shirt, what about the cuffs - how
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| | modern buttons. Go with glass, bone,
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| many inches are they supposed to be,
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| | shell, metal, porcelain, 2-hole cat's eye
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| should you hand stitch the button holes,
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| | or Mother of Pearl.Metal buttons are
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| where should you put the pocket on your
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| | authentic but they have the potential to
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| shirt, Ahhhhh!Your questions about making
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| | rust and stain your fabric.45. Some
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| your Civil War uniform shirt authentic
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| | shirts had button on collars, and many
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| are answered in this shirt article and
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| | shirts were collarless. ECHOES: The
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| continue to be answered in 101 Tips for
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| | Confederate Version shows seven shirts on
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| Your Authentic Civil War Uniform Shirt
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| | pgs. 154-155, and each one has a
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| Course at are some of the tips for
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| | different collar. Pvt. John Burgwyn
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| making Your Civil War Uniform shirt
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| | MacRae Starr's North Carolina is a dark
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| authentic:4. To start, you could purchase
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| | blue wool collarless pullover shirt while
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| a shirt that is already made that has
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| | the one below, Pvt. Andrew Thomas Beam,
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| machine buttonholes in it and rework the
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| | 28th South Carolina Volunteers' shirt is
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| buttonholes to make it look more
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| | a white cotton with a square edged collar
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| authentic. Take a seam ripper and pick
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| | made of the same color and material.50.
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| out the buttonholes and handwork them.5.
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| | My rule of thumb is that I only make
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| I would pick out and redo by hand all
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| | Civil War uniform items that I have seen
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| exposed machine stitching. Someone can
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| | in an original photograph or museum.
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| show you how to do that in about 15
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| | Note: what is in museum is only the very
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| minutes. You should have about 6-7
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| | smallest tip of the iceberg because there
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| stitches per inch. You have just
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| | are very few actual items that made it
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| increased the value of your shirt and
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| | through the war. The vast majority of the
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| made it more authentic.32. "Pockets were
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| | original clothing is long since gone.
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| not sewn on most shirts, and not at all
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| | Some of the fabrics and colors can be
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| on the army-issued shirts. Heavier shirts
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| | seen in very old quilts because they
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| had a breast pocket or two. The pockets
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| | reused everything.53. Note the different
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| were generally lower on the shirt and
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| | collars, buttons, and fabrics, color
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| larger than breast pockets on shirts
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| | combinations. I personally do not like
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| today.33. Buttons were metal, wooden or
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| | solid color shirts. I like something with
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| bone, or sometimes commercially made from
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| | a little color to it. These shirts have
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| other products, such as glass or ceramic
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| | original glass buttons on them. I prefer
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| materials. For Southern troops, different
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| | glass buttons for shirts because I like
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| stylesof buttons can be used, including
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| | to match the color combinations.55. Keep
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| bits of wood, bone, or even acorns. You
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| | everything 100% wool and 100% cotton.
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| can use dental floss to tie them on, but
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| | Make sure that the material is a good
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| make sure the modern materials are not
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| | grade, like homespun. If you are going to
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| visible.38. Battle shirts are a bit
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| | take the time and energy, to make your
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| controversial. Some troops, especially
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| | own shirt, buy something high quality
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| early-war Southern troops, had a tunic or
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| | that will last. The price of the shirt
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| heavy shirt instead of a wool uniform
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| | material is negligible compared to the
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| coat. It would fit over aregular shirt
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| | time and energy you will put into making
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| but was not as heavy or bulky as the wool
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| | it.70. Original coin buttons are still
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| jacket. Before you get a battle shirt,
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| | available and affordable if you want to
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| make sure one is documented for your
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| | look for them. You can find them anywhere
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| regiment's history, since they were not
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| | from one to three dollars. You might even
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| typical and are controversial.39. Cuffs
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| | want to go with a mismatched set - one or
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| on Civil War uniform shirts varied as
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| | two state seals and the remainder coin
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| much as all of the other parts that we
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| | buttons.
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