Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: James F. Gibson (1828/29<unk>?), zvichida asingazivikanwi zvikurusa wavafotori vakatanhamara zvikurusa vehondo akanga ariwo mumwe weasingazivikanwi zvikurusa. Muna 1860, zita romurume wokuScotland anonzi Gibson rakaoneka pamwe chete neromudzimai wake Elizabeth munhoroondo yokuverengwa kwevanhu yokuWashington D.C., uye bhuku reguta racho rakaratidza kuti Mathew Brady akanga amushandira. Gibson angave akatamira kuAmerica naAlexander Gardner, uyo aibvawo kuScotland. Rwendo rwaGibson rwokutanga rwakanyorwa mumunda rwakaitika paakaenda naGeorge N. Barnard kunhandare yehondo yeBull Run muna March 1862. Akashanda naGardner paGettysburg ndokubatana naye paSharpsburg, asi nhaka huru yaGibson yakanga iri mifananidzo yakawanda yaakatora paaiva muVirginia peninsula, zvikurukuru mufananidzo wake unosvika pamwoyo, unokosha wevakakuvadzwa pa
Savage Station, Virginia. Makore anoverengeka mushure mehondo, dare risati ragona kutonga pamusoro pekukwirira kwaGibson muna 1868 kupokana nemumwe wake webhizinesi, Mathew Brady (Gibson akamhan'arirawo Gardner), akaisa chikwereti chakakura paBrady's Washington Gallery, iyo yaaive nayo (50%) uye yaitungamirwa kubva munaGunyana 1864, akaenda kuKansas nemari, uye haana kuzombonzwikwazve.