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Iconic photos from Mathew Brady, Civil War photographer

In his new biography Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation (Bloomsbury), Robert Wilson offers a portrait of the famed Civil War photographer. Flip through iconic images from the book.
In his new biography Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation (Bloomsbury), Robert Wilson offers a portrait of the famed Civil War photographer. Flip through iconic images from the book.
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Henry James Sr. and Henry James Jr. (August 1854).
Henry James Sr. and Henry James Jr. (August 1854).
HOUGHTON LIBRARY, MANUSCRIPT DEPARTMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Jefferson Davis while a U.S. Senator (circa 1860).
Jefferson Davis while a U.S. Senator (circa 1860).
Library Of Congress
Members of the Seventh New York Militia Regiment at Camp Cameron in Washington, D.C. (1861), photograph by George N. Barnard and C. O. Bostwick.
Members of the Seventh New York Militia Regiment at Camp Cameron in Washington, D.C. (1861), photograph by George N. Barnard and C. O. Bostwick.
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A federal encampment at Cumberland Landing on the Virginia Peninsula (May 1862), photograph by James F. Gibson.
A federal encampment at Cumberland Landing on the Virginia Peninsula (May 1862), photograph by James F. Gibson.
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Mathew Brady at Gettysburg in a photograph erroneously titled “The Wheat-Field in Which General Reynolds Was Shot” (July 1863).
Mathew Brady at Gettysburg in a photograph erroneously titled “The Wheat-Field in Which General Reynolds Was Shot” (July 1863).
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Stereograph of three Confederate prisoners on Seminary Ridge at Gettysburg (July 1863).
Stereograph of three Confederate prisoners on Seminary Ridge at Gettysburg (July 1863).
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Near the beginning of the siege of Petersburg, Mathew Brady stands (at the middle of this photograph), hands in pockets, with a battery of the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery (June 21, 1864).
Near the beginning of the siege of Petersburg, Mathew Brady stands (at the middle of this photograph), hands in pockets, with a battery of the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery (June 21, 1864).
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General Robert E. Lee in Richmond the day after he returned home from Appomattox (April 16, 1865).
General Robert E. Lee in Richmond the day after he returned home from Appomattox (April 16, 1865).
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