Three Button Shirt Pattern

[ArgumentGuy]

I'm in search of a decent pattern for a typical three-button civilian shirt of the 1860s - I'd rather save some money and make my own instead of buying from a sutler. Anyone have a good source?

[Dan Kohli]

It looks like Galla Rock Patterns has shirt patterns.

[rmilstead]

Brad,
If you haven't found a pattern, another option is Charlie Childs "Holliday" Shirt Pattern. While not totally accurate to the original because of the way the neck is done, it makes up in to a very nice and correct period common man's shirt. The difference is that the original is a "T" neck construction with gussets inserted typical of most early "square cut" shirts. Charlie's pattern has an oval neck cut out instead of the "T." If you haven't made a shirt before this is actually a little simpler to do. By the 1850's this type of collar construction was coming into the vogue with the newer "French cut style" so both are authentic for the period. Once made up, visually it is hard to tell the difference.

Just a thought.

Dick Milstead
The Company of Military Historians
Liberty Rifles