Waxan rabaa in aan sii wado faqraddan-- James F. Gibson (1828/29<unk>?), laga yaabee in uu ahaa sawir qaade dagaalkii ugu muhiimsanaa ee la aqoonsan yahay sidoo kale waa mid ka mid ah kuwa ugu yar ee la yaqaan. Sanadkii 1860, magaca Scotsman Gibson wuxuu la soo muuqday magaca xaaskiisa Elizabeth tirakoobka Washington DC, iyo buugga magaaladu waxay muujisay in Mathew Brady uu shaqaaleysiiyay. Gibson waxaa laga yaabaa inuu u haajiray Ameerika Alexander Gardner, oo isna ka yimid Scotland. Safarkii ugu horeeyay ee Gibson ee la diiwaan geliyey wuxuu ahaa markii uu la socday George N. Barnard goobta dagaalka ee Bull Run bishii Maarso 1862. Waxa uu la soo shaqeeyey Gardner Gettysburg oo ay wada shaqeeyeen Sharpsburg, laakiin Gibson dhaxalkiisa ugu weyn wuxuu ahaa sawirada badan ee uu qaaday inta uu ku sugnaa Virginia Peninsula, gaar ahaan sawirkiisa, sawirka dhaawaca ah ee Savage Station, Virginia
Waxaad Dhowr sano kadib dagaalka, ka hor inta maxkamad aysan go'aan ka gaarin dacwada madaniga ah ee Gibson ee 1868 ee ka dhanka ah lammaanaha ganacsiga, Mathew Brady (Gibson ayaa sidoo kale dacweeyay Gardner), wuxuu si weyn u deynsiiyay Galler Washington ee Brady, oo uu qeyb ahaan lahaa (50%) oo uu maamulay Sebtember 1864, wuxuu u tagay Kansas lacagtiisa, marna lama maqal.