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Title: Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Eaton, Edward Bailey Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959. Martyrs on altar of civilization
Subjects: Eaton, Edward Bailey War photography
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : E.B. Eaton
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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to send to their dear ones at thebattle-front whatever comforts camewithin their humble power. Thesupply trains of the great armies num-bered thousands of six-mule teamsand when on the march they wouldstretch out for many miles. It was inMay, in 1863, that one of these wagontrains safely reached Brandy Station,Virginia. Its journey had been oneof imminent danger as both armieswere in dire need of provisions andthe capture of a wagon train was asgood fortune as victory in a skirmish.To protect this train from a desperatedash of the Confederate cavalry itwas parked on the outskirts of afinest that protected it from enviouseyes and guarded by the Union lines.One of Mr. Bradys cameras tookthis photograph during this criticalmoment. It shows but one divisionof one corps. As there were threedivisions in each corps, and therewere many corps in the army, someidea of the immense size of thetrains may be gained by this view.The train succeeded in reaching itsdestination at a time of much need.
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ENDEAVORS to reveal these negatives have beenfutile as far as rank and file of the armyand the public at large are concerned. TheGovernment, as the years passed, became impressedwith the value of this wonderful record, but has nowofficially stated with positive finality: It is evidentthat these in-valuable neg-atives are rapid-ly disappearingand in order toinsure their pre-servation it isordered thathereafter neg-atives shall notbe loaned toprivate partiesfor exploitationor to subserveprivate interestin any man-ner. The geniusBrady, in pos-session of $25,-000, w h i c h,came from theGovernmenttoo late to savehis property, entirely lost track of his collection. Misfortune seemedto follow him and his Government money was soon ex-hausted. In speaking of him a few days ago, John N.Stewart, Past Vice Commander of the Department ofIllinois, Grand Army of the Republic, told me : I waswith the Army of the Potomac as telegraph operator. Iknew that views of battlefields were taken by men with a

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