Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: James F. Gibson (1828/29<unk>?), ikekwe onye a kacha mara amara n'ime ndị na-ese foto ndị dị mkpa n'oge agha ahụ bụkwa otu n'ime ndị a kacha mara amara. N'afọ 1860, aha onye Scotland bụ́ Gibson pụtara n'akwụkwọ ndekọ ọnụ ọgụgụ e dere na Washington D.C., ya na aha nwunye ya bụ́ Elizabeth, akwụkwọ ndekọ aha obodo ahụ gosikwara na Mathew Brady were ya n'ọrụ. O nwere ike ịbụ na Gibson so Alexander Gardner, onye sikwa Scotland, kwaga Amerịka. Njem mbụ Gibson mere n'ọgbọ agha bụ mgbe ya na George N. Barnard so gaa n'ọgbọ agha Bull Run na Machị 1862. Ya na Gardner rụkọrọ ọrụ na Gettysburg ma soro ya rụkọọ ọrụ na Sharpsburg, mana ihe nketa kasịnụ nke Gibson bụ ọtụtụ foto o sere mgbe ọ nọ na Virginia peninsula, ọkachasị foto ya na-emetụ n'ahụ, foto dị mkpa nke ndị merụrụ ahụ na
Ụlọọrụ Savage, Virginia. Afọ ole na ole mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, tupu ụlọ ikpe enwee ike ikpe ikpe na ikpe obodo Gibson nke 1868 megide onye ọchụnta ego ya, Mathew Brady (Gibson gbara Gardner akwụkwọ), o ji nnukwu ego tinye Brady na-akụ afọ n'ala Washington Gallery, nke o nwere (50%) ma jikwaa site na Septemba 1864, hapụrụ Kansas na ego ahụ, ma a nụbeghịkwa ya ọzọ.