Distribution of Some of the Death Clothes

[BettyO]

Apparently shirt bosoms were worn in the 1860s as well as full shirts:

Here is an ad from the Mobile Daily Register, for January 11, 1860:

"MOBILE DAILY REGISTER, January 11, 1860, p. 3, c. 4
M. S. D. Shirts. Model Shirts, 10 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Ala.
Shirts. Also, a full and complete assortment of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, consisting of Stocks, Collars, Ties, Scarfs, Bosoms, Gloves, Cravats, Hosiery, Blankets, Shawls, Handkerchiefs, Under Garments, &c.
All the most Fashionable Styles can be found at the cheapest prices at C. M. Dowd's, Mobile Shirt Depot, 10 Dauphin Street."

One normally thinks of bosoms worn only in the late 1890s to 1900s....