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Mathew Harrison Brady

Photographers' Headquarters at Cold Harbor, Virginia.--In the lull before the fierce engagement which Grant was about to meet here in his persistent pushing forward upon Richmond, the cameraists were engaged in fixing, washing, and storing their negatives.

At last the besiegers were in Charleston, and the Union photographers for the first time were securing views of the position.

Brady's headquarters with his “What is it?” preparing for the strenuous work involved in the oncoming battle.

Before Second Bull Run

Washing the negatives

At work in Sumter, April, 1865

Brady's “what is it?” at Culpeper, Virginia


 

Review of Reviews. New York. 1912.

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