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        1. My Gettysburg photo file has close to 1, photos.
        2. But Mathew Brady realized one photographic subject never moved: dead bodies.
        3. A modern photographer reproduces the Civil War Photography of Mathew Brady.
        4. Upon opening to the public in October of , Mathew Brady's photo exhibition “The Dead of Antietam” caused an immediate sensation.

          5. LOCAL HISTORY: Ghosts of Antietam- The Photographic Legacy of Mathew Brady

          During America’s infancy, war was both an inevitable and too-common occurrence. The Revolutionary War was required to win independence, the War of 1812 fought to remind Britain that the United States remained a sovereign nation.

          With a clear-cut national enemy, America’s citizens rallied behind the flag and honored the service of its military. Early journalists and artists helped foster that sense of unity and national pride.

          The top picture was taken by Mathew Brady and his assistants c.

          But media from that era often created visual and written works that sometimes romanticized the causes or downplayed the realities of war.

          America’s earliest military leaders benefited from those nationalistic efforts.

          Courageous George Washington was painted crossing the Delaware River; fiery Andrew Jackson sketched as he battled in New Orleans. Few citizens would ever view an actual human likeness or meet those famous generals, but partially through the artists who illustrated their w