Civil War Issue Shirt: H.B. Lord Contract

Based on the in-depth study of an original H.B. Lord contract U.S. issue shirt, this digital full-size pattern features 66 pages of detailed instructions and images for recreating an authentic Civil War garment. Faithful to the original shirt, this Civil War uniform garment pattern features authentic construction features, which include: One button slit placket that is slightly shorter than examples of other surviving off-white colored domet flannel issue shirts Separate cuffs sewn to the tapered one-piece sleeves Square underarm gussets Triangle shaped neck gussets One piece folding collar Body that is only one piece Shoulder reinforcement straps Hand stitched and hand felled A large cottage industry in the middle part of the 19th century, shirt making was commonly practiced by women working from their homes. During the American Civil War this practice was utilized by numerous contractors and arsenals, with women picking up “kits” of precut fabric, sewing them at home, and then retu