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Brady had found his war work. Soon President Lincoln gave him a nodded permission to accompany the Union armies even on the battlefields. Soon Brady and his "Whatizzit," the wagon that carried his camera and supplies, were familiar features of the Civil War. Brady's equipment was heavy and he was usually forced to make his pictures after the fighting was over. But he was under fire at Bull Run and Petersburg, was nearly killed at Fredericksburg. The result was a magnificent pictorial record of war (the first and perhaps the best ever made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: History on Plates | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

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