Kammala jumla mai zuwa: James F. Gibson (1828/29<unk>?), watakila wanda ba a san shi ba daga cikin manyan masu daukar hoto na yaƙin shi ma yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ba a san su ba. A shekara ta 1860, sunan ɗan Scotsman Gibson ya bayyana tare da na matarsa Elizabeth a cikin ƙidayar jama'a na Washington D.C., kuma littafin birni ya nuna cewa Mathew Brady ya ɗauke shi aiki. Gibson na iya yin hijira zuwa Amurka tare da Alexander Gardner, wanda shi ma daga Scotland ne. Gibson na farko da aka rubuta a cikin filin wasa shi ne lokacin da ya bi George N. Barnard zuwa filin Bull Run a watan Maris na shekara ta 1862. Ya yi aiki tare da Gardner a Gettysburg kuma ya yi aiki tare da shi a Sharpsburg, amma mafi girman gadon Gibson shine yawancin hotunan da ya dauka yayin da yake a yankin Virginia, musamman ma hotonsa mai ban sha'awa, hoton da aka ji rauni a
Tashar Savage, Virginia. Shekaru da yawa bayan yakin, kafin kotu ta yanke hukunci kan karar Gibson ta 1868 game da abokin kasuwancinsa, Mathew Brady (Gibson kuma ya kai karar Gardner), ya ba da lamuni sosai ga gidan Brady na Washington Gallery, wanda ya mallaka kashi (50%) kuma ya gudanar da shi daga Satumba 1864, ya tafi Kansas tare da tsabar kudi, kuma ba a sake jin labarinsa ba.