Mathew B. Brady was a prominent American photographer who became one of the most famous visual chroniclers of the American Civil War. Born in Warren County, New York, he began his career in the late 1830s and moved to New York City where he established a successful portrait studio. He is renowned for his extensive documentation of the Union Army's movements, battlefield scenes, and portraits of prominent figures like Abraham Lincoln. His work provided civilians with some of the first visual records of modern warfare.[1,2]
