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Matthew Brady. Civil War Photojournalist. Matthew Brady took pictures of the American Civil War from 1861 - 1865. His photos were the first anyone had ever seen of a real war. He took pictures of both sides. The Union. And the Confederacy. Confederate bugler.
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Matthew Brady Civil War Photojournalist
Matthew Brady took pictures of the American Civil War from 1861 - 1865 • His photos were the first anyone had ever seen of a real war.
And the Confederacy • Confederate • bugler
He took pictures of camp life. • Dinner in camp
He took pictures of free time. • Playing cards in camp.
He took pictures of battles • Crossing Tennessee River
And what was left after the battle. • Slaughter Pen, Gettysburg
He took pictures of the wounded. • Union wounded in • Pennsylvania
He took pictures of the hospitals • Tent hospital in Tennessee
He took pictures of doctors • First Division Union Surgeons
He took pictures of the dead who went home. • A soldier being embalmed.
And the unidentified dead • Confederate dead in Mississippi.
He took pictures of everything. • Lincoln’s Funeral, 1865 Washington D.C.