ed car allen poe. washington irving. walt whitly. what school boys don't know? henry clay. daniel webster. men who shape and guide our young republic. they built well. but soon within the capital, still awaiting the completion of the now familiar dome, the clouds of the slavery issue threatened unity. as the crisis sharpened, he saw a new use of the camera. abraham lincoln who brady photographed now sat in washington as president of the divide nation. from him, brady received permission to make a record of the war that could not be held back. we are coming, father abraham responding to lincoln's call to arms. by today's standards, the agreeing manpower had to be supplied in equipment furnished with weapons needed to fight this floodiest war. the means to move the masses were organized and assembled. this was a day before the phrase motor cool had been coined. old dobbin was the hay powered imagine. they recorded all. what is it wagons was the name soldiers gave to the horse-drawn photo labs that brady sent to the field. the contraptions were to become a familiar site when m