http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady Photographer Mathew Brady and his associates would create more than 10,000 images of the American Civil War, bringing the harsh realities of war to the American public.. en Copyright 2013, History.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-06-19T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo1 Already one of America's most popular photographers, Mathew Brady rose to prominence as a result of his efforts to document the Civil War. After the war, however, Americans turned away from the painful reminder these images produced, and Brady slipped into poverty before his death in 1896. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo2 Lincoln posed for Brady in New York on February 27, 1860, the day he delivered a campaign speech at the Cooper Union that helped catapult him to the presidency. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo3 One of Brady's early subjects was the growing number of Union camps in and around Washington, D.C., in the early months of the Civil War. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo4 Union troops gather near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 16, 1862, the day before the Battle of Antietam, which would become the bloodiest single day in American history. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo5 In 1862, Alexander Gardner, one of Brady's most trusted associates, produced a series of photographs showing the aftermath of Antietam. Later that year, Brady unveiled these images to the public for the first time, bringing home the terrible truth about the war's human cost. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo6 Throughout the Civil War, Mathew Brady photographed dozens of officers and politicians from both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo7 Nearly 3 million soldiers fought in the Civil War: at least 2 million for the Union and 750,000 for the Confederacy. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo8 In December 1862, the Union suffered a serious defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, losing nearly 13,000 men. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo9 Fought over three days in July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was the largest and most important battle of the Civil War. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo10 David Bachrach, a Brady photographer, captured one of the only known images of Abraham Lincoln at the November 1863 dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo11 Following the Emancipation Proclamation, tens of thousands of African American soldiers swelled the Union ranks. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo12 In late 1864, Brady's photographers captured images of one of the final campaigns of the war, the prolonged siege of Petersburg, Virginia. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo13 During the Civil War, more than 420,000 soldiers were captured and imprisoned. At least 56,000 of them would die in a prison camp. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo14 Casualty figures for the American Civil War reached staggering proportions, with more than 200,000 soldiers killed and more than 400,000 wounded. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo15 Mathew Brady and his studio artists would create over 10,000 images of the American Civil War. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo15 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo16 The 50th New York Engineers spent the winter of 1864-1865 camped near the Rappahanock River. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo16 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo17 After a nine-month siege, the Confederates finally abandoned their position outside Petersburg in the spring of 1865. Just a few weeks later, Richmond would fall and Robert E. Lee would surrender at Appomattox. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo17 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo18 Brady's camera captured the Confederate general just days after his surrender at Appomattox Court House. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-mathew-brady/photo18