▁Civil ▁War ▁documentation ▁ ▁At ▁first , ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁on ▁Br ady ' s ▁business ▁was ▁a ▁br isk ▁increase ▁in ▁sales ▁of ▁cart es ▁de ▁vis ite ▁to ▁depart ing ▁soldiers . ▁Br ady ▁readily ▁market ed ▁to ▁parents ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁capt uring ▁their ▁young ▁soldiers ' ▁images ▁before ▁they ▁might ▁be ▁lost ▁to ▁war ▁by ▁running ▁an ▁ad ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Daily ▁Trib une ▁that ▁war ned , ▁" You ▁cannot ▁tell ▁how ▁soon ▁it ▁may ▁be ▁too ▁late ." ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁soon ▁taken ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁document ing ▁the ▁war ▁itself . ▁He ▁first ▁applied ▁to ▁an ▁old ▁friend , ▁General ▁Win field ▁Scott , ▁for ▁permission ▁to ▁travel ▁to ▁the ▁battle ▁sites , ▁and ▁eventually , ▁he ▁made ▁his ▁application ▁to ▁President ▁Lincoln ▁himself . ▁Lincoln ▁granted ▁permission ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁with ▁the ▁prov iso ▁that ▁Br ady ▁fin ance ▁the ▁project ▁himself . ▁ ▁His ▁efforts ▁to ▁document ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War ▁on ▁a ▁grand ▁scale ▁by ▁bringing ▁his ▁phot ographic ▁studio ▁onto ▁the ▁battle fields ▁earned ▁Br ady ▁his ▁place ▁in ▁history . ▁Despite ▁the ▁d angers , ▁financial ▁risk , ▁and ▁disc ou rag ement ▁by ▁his ▁friends , ▁Br ady ▁was ▁later ▁quoted ▁as ▁saying ▁" I ▁had ▁to ▁go . ▁A ▁spirit ▁in ▁my ▁feet ▁said ▁' Go ,' ▁and ▁I ▁went ." ▁His ▁first ▁popular ▁photograph s ▁of ▁the ▁conflict ▁were ▁at ▁the ▁First ▁Battle ▁of ▁Bull ▁Run , ▁in