Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Sanadkii 1860, Alfred Waud wuxuu noqday sawir qaade ama "farshaxan gaar ah" (farshaxan shaqaale waqti buuxa ah oo mushahar leh) oo loogu talagalay "New York Illustrated News". Bishii Abriil 1861, wargeysku wuxuu u xilsaaray Waud inuu daboolo Ciidanka Potomac, ciidanka ugu weyn ee Midowga Virginia. Markii ugu horeysay wuxuu sawiray General Winfield Scott oo ku sugan Washington, DC, ka dibna wuxuu galay goobta si uu u soo bandhigo Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Bull Run bishii Luulyo. Waud wuxuu raacay safarkii Midowga ee Cape Hatteras, North Carolina bishii xigtay wuxuuna goob joog ka ahaa
Dagaalkii Bateriyada ee Hatteras Inlet. Gu'gaas, wuxuu sawiray dhaqdhaqaaqa ciidanka ee gobolka Tidewater ee Virginia. Waud wuxuu ku biiray "Harper's Weekly" dhamaadkii 1861, isagoo sii waday inuu daboolo dagaalka. Sanadkii 1864 Alfred walaalkiis, William Waud (oo ilaa waqtigaas la shaqeynayay "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper"), wuxuu ku biiray Alfred shaqaalaha "Harper's" waxayna ka wada shaqeeyeen intii lagu jiray Ololaha Petersburg.