The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. June 15, 1864, Vol. 1, No. 16. Page 502

Hospital Cotton Shirt

Required for each Shirt.

3 yards of 44-inch wide cotton fabric (white or homespun)

5 white bone buttons, (3 for front, 2 for sleeves.)

4 tape stays, 1 inch long, (for flaps and opening of sleeves.)

2 skeins thread.

• The back of the shirt is cut by the same pattern as the front, though not sloped quite so much on the

neck.

• The opening in front is 15 inches long, faced on one side with cotton 2 inches wide, and hemmed on the

other. The shirt is gathered into the collar both in front and behind.

• The shoulder-pieces are faced under the shoulder seams, and cut down one inch at one end, as per

diagram, to fit under the collar.

• The arm sizes are strengthened with binders 2 inches wide, cut circular, as per dotted line in diagram

The sleeve is gathered into the wristband and gathered a little at the top.

• Two gussets are added to each sleeve, as per diagram. The flaps are two fingers long.

• The above pattern is for cotton one yard wide. After the front, back and sleeves have been cut out, a strip

6 inches wide will be left, out of which can be cut all the small pieces. Cut in this way it will take less

than three yards of cotton.