On Sept. 30, 1863, at the parole camps in Enterprise, MS, my GGG-Uncle, Capt. Lewis C. Maxwell, Co. C, 33rd MS Infantry, made a requisition for various items for his company.

Clothing was among the items requested, including jackets, coats, and several specific types of shirts.

Maxwell requested some cotton, some flannel, and three "hickory shirts."

I am curious whether anyone on the board here has ever heard of this type of shirt before.

I am assuming that "hickory shirt" means a butternut-colored/butternut-dyed shirt, as it is my understanding that hickory nut shells were a typical ingredient in the dyeing process used to create sundry "butternut"-colored clothing.

But -- hey! -- I've been wrong before!

Thanks! -- Jim Huffman, "the Camel Regiment"