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When, late in 1862, Mathew B. Brady posted a notice on the door of his New York studio reading, "The Dead of Antietam," it caused a sensation. It proclaimed an exhibition of photographs taken by him and his assistants of the aftermath of the bloodiest day in American history. It was the first time that most people witnessed the carnage of the American Civil War, bringing home to them the terrible reality and earnestness of the conflict. In fact, the Civil War was the first to be covered in detail in photographs, and literally thousands of them were taken by Brady and his operatives operating out of New York and Washington, D.C. Before the war, photography itself was still in its infancy, but Brady forged a name for himself as a portrait photographer, choosing as his subjects the country's civilian and military leaders, and foreign dignitaries, and chronicling the nation's history as painters had done before him. As war loomed, Brady planned to document the war on a grand scale and organized a corps of photographers to follow the troops in the field. Spurning the advice of friends who warned him of the battlefield dangers and financial risks, Brady proved with his war scenes that ph

Author

Webb B. Garrison; Mathew B. Brady

Publisher

The Lyons Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585741229

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.7 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14