Original Photographs
Taken on the
BATTLEFIELDS
During the
Civil War of the United States
By Mathew B. Brady and Alexander Gardner
Who operated under the Authority of the War Department and the Protection of the Secret Service
Rare Reproductions from Photographs Selected from Seven Thousand
Original Negatives Taken under Most Hazardous Conditions in the
Midst of One of the Most Terrific Conflicts of Men that the
World Has Ever Known, and in the Earliest Days of
Photography—These Negatives Have Been in
Storage Vaults for More than Forty
Years and are now the
Private Collection of Edward Bailey Eaton
Valued at $150,000
FIRST PRESENTATION FROM THIS HISTORIC COLLECTION
MADE OFFICIALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY
BY THE OWNER
Hartford, Connecticut
1907
COPYRIGHT 1907 BY E. B. EATON
COPIES OF THIS ALBUM MAY BE OBTAINED
BY A REMITTANCE OF THREE DOLLARS TO
EDWARD B. EATON
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
PUBLISHER
Martyrs on Altar of Civilization
by
FRANCIS TREVELYAN MILLER
Editor of the Journal of American History
MATHEW BRADY, FIRST WAR PHOTOGRAPHER IN AMERICA
He followed the Armies during the Civil War and secured these remarkableNegatives—In conference with Major-General Burnside at the Headquartersof the Army of the Potomac near Richmond, Virginia—Bradyoccupies the chair directly in front of the tree while General Burnsideis reading a newspaper—This picture was found amoSng his negatives
THIS is undoubtedly the most valuable collectionof historic photographs in America. It is believedto be the first time that the camera wasused so extensively and practically on the battle-field.It is the first known collection of its size on the WesternContinent and it is the only witness of the scenes enactedduring the greatest crisis in the annals of the Americannation. As a contribution to history it occupies a positionthat the higher art of painting, or scholarly research andliteral description, can never usurp. It records a tragedythat neither the imagination of the painter nor the skillof the historian can so dramatically relate.
The existence of this collection is unknown by thepublic at large. Even while this book has b