▁set ▁" after ▁under going ▁extraordinary ▁vic iss itudes ," ▁came ▁into ▁U . S . ▁government ▁possession . ▁His ▁own ▁neg atives ▁passed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s ▁to ▁E . ▁& ▁H . ▁T . ▁Anthony ▁& ▁Company ▁of ▁New ▁York , ▁in ▁default ▁of ▁payment ▁for ▁phot ographic ▁supplies . ▁They ▁" w ere ▁k icked ▁about ▁from ▁pill ar ▁to ▁post " ▁for ▁ 1 0 ▁years , ▁until ▁John ▁C . ▁Taylor ▁found ▁them ▁in ▁an ▁att ic ▁and ▁bought ▁them ; ▁from ▁this ▁they ▁became ▁" the ▁back bone ▁of ▁the ▁Ord way – R and ▁collection ; ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁Br ady ▁himself ▁had ▁no ▁idea ▁of ▁what ▁had ▁become ▁of ▁them . ▁Many ▁were ▁broken , ▁lost , ▁or ▁destroyed ▁by ▁fire . ▁After ▁passing ▁to ▁various ▁other ▁own ers , ▁they ▁were ▁discovered ▁and ▁appreciated ▁by ▁Edward ▁Ba iley ▁E aton ," ▁who ▁set ▁in ▁motion ▁" events ▁that ▁led ▁to ▁their ▁importance ▁as ▁the ▁nucle us ▁of ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁Civil ▁War ▁photos ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁as ▁The ▁Phot ographic ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁lost ▁images ▁are ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁episode ▁of ▁Ken ▁Burn s ' ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁document ary ▁on ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁Burn s ▁claims ▁that ▁glass ▁plate ▁neg atives ▁were ▁often ▁sold ▁to ▁garden ers , ▁not ▁for ▁their ▁images , ▁but ▁for ▁the ▁glass ▁itself ▁to ▁be