Most officers dressed in a genteel manner, wearing tailored uniforms, shirts made from expensive fabric and well-crafted shoes or boots. Few enlisted men wore a true military uniform. Most wore work clothes or what at the time was called the hunting shirt, a long, loose-fitting garment made from deerskin, wool, or linen. When the army was on the move, the men marched, but officers—at least field grade officers—rode on horseback.
