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Brady was born in Warren County, New York as the son of Irish immigrants. He moved to New York City at the age of 17. By 1844, he had his own photography studio in New York, and by 1845, Brady began to exhibit his portraits of famous Americans. Brady's images were daguerreotypes.
His efforts to document the Civil War on a grand scale by bringing his photographic studio right onto the battlefields earned Brady his place in history. Despite the obvious dangers, financial risk, and discouragement of his friends he is later quoted as saying "I had to go. A spirit in my feet said 'Go,' and I went."
He employed Alexander Gardner , James Gardner , Timothy O'Sullivan , William Pywell , George Barnard , and eighteen other men, each of whom were given a travelling darkroom, to go out and photograph scenes from the Civil War.
In 1862, Brady presented an exhibition of photographs from the Battle of Antietam in his New York gallery entitled, "The Dead of Antietam." Many of the images in this presentation were graphic photographs of corpses, making the presentation totally new to America. No one had seen anything like this before.
He photographed many generals in the war such as, Nathaniel Banks, Don Carlos Buell, Ambrose BurnsideAmbrose Everett Burnside ( May 23, 1824 September 13, 1881) was a Union Army General in the Civil War and a politician from Rhode Island. Pre Civil War Burnside graduated West Point in 1847 and served in the Mexican and Indian wars. He resigned in 1852 to, Benjamin ButlerBenjamin Franklin Butler ( November 5, 1818 January 11, 1893) was an American lawyer, soldier and politician. He was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and was graduated from what is now Colby College in 1838, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1840,, George Custer, David FarragutDavid Glasgow Farragut ( July 5, 1801 August 14, 1870) was an admiral of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Farragut was born at Campbell's Station, near Knoxville, Tennessee, to George and Elizabeth Farragut. At the time, his father wa, John Gibbon , Winfield Hancock, Samuel Heintzelman , Joseph HookerThis article is about Joseph Hooker, the U. Civil War Major General. For the English botanist, see: Joseph Dalton Hooker. Joseph Hooker ( 1814- 1879) was a Major General in the United States Army during the American Civil War. Hooker was popularly known a, Oliver Howard, David HunterDavid Hunter ( 1803- 1888) was a Union General in the American Civil War. He was appointed as General of the Union's Western Department on November 2, 1861 after John C. Fremont was relieved of command. He had graduated from West Point in 1822. Hunter, Da, John Logan, Irvin McDowell, George McClellan, James McPherson, George Meade, David Porter, William Rosecrans, John Schofield, William Sherman, Daniel Sickles, Henry Warner Slocum, George Stoneman, Edwin Sumner , George Thomas, Emory Upton, James Wadsworth and Lew Wallace. Brady also photographed Abraham Lincoln on many occasions.
After the war he became an alcoholic and died penniless and unappreciated in New York City on January 15, 1896.
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