de e ▁( born ▁ 1 9 8 4 ), ▁American ▁dec ath lete ▁William ▁J . ▁Har de e ▁( 1 8 1 5 – 1 8 7 3 ), ▁United ▁States ▁Army ▁officer ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Har de e ▁Kirk land ▁( 1 8 6 8 – 1 9 2 9 ), ▁American ▁silent ▁film ▁actor ▁and ▁director ▁Hard y ▁( s urname ) ▁Hard ie , ▁surname <0x0A> </s> ▁Mat hew ▁B . ▁Br ady ▁( c . ▁ 1 8 2 2 ▁– ▁January ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 8 9 6 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁photograph er , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁in ▁American ▁history . ▁Best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁scenes ▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁War , ▁he ▁studied ▁under ▁invent or ▁Samuel ▁F . ▁B . ▁Mor se , ▁who ▁pione ered ▁the ▁dag uer re ot ype ▁technique ▁in ▁America . ▁ ▁Br ady ▁opened ▁his ▁own ▁studio ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁and ▁photograph ed ▁Andrew ▁Jackson , ▁John ▁Qu in cy ▁Adams , ▁and ▁Abraham ▁Lincoln , ▁among ▁other ▁public ▁figures . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁started , ▁his ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁mobile ▁studio ▁and ▁dark room ▁enabled ▁v ivid ▁battle field ▁photograph s ▁that ▁brought ▁home ▁the ▁reality ▁of ▁war ▁to ▁the ▁public . ▁Th ous ands ▁of ▁war ▁scenes ▁were ▁captured , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁port ra its ▁of ▁gener als ▁and ▁polit icians ▁on ▁both ▁sides ▁of ▁the ▁conflict , ▁though ▁most ▁of ▁these