Place: The Photographic Studios of Mathew B. Brady Time: The mid 1800s This is part 1 of a 2 part series on the intertwined lives Mathew Brady & Alexander Gardner, two of America's most famous photographers. Their journey will culminate in the creation of the Civil War's most enduring images - the exhibition known as "The Dead of Antietam".

Place: The Photographic Studios of Mathew B. Brady

Time: The mid 1800s

This is part 1 of a 2 part series on the intertwined lives Mathew Brady & Alexander Gardner, two of America's most famous photographers. Their journey will culminate in the creation of the Civil War's most enduring images - the exhibition known as "The Dead of Antietam".

In this episode, Mathew Brady & Alexander Gardner will journey to the first (ever) World's Fair in London, meet Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War, and venture to the front to document the war's first great battle.