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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 85709, member: 54&quot;]Have to correct one thing I mentioned above, that I thought it was unusual to see a uniformed doctor on horseback.</p><p><br /></p><p>Found this:&nbsp; &quot;In 1866, Josiah Gorgas and several other investors reopened an existing iron works at Brierfield, Alabama, and his family joined him there. The years in Brierfield were happy for the family, and young William Crawford fished, hunted, and<b> rode horseback, activities that he enjoyed throughout his life.</b> And despite his father&#039;s vehement opposition, the young Gorgas dreamed of a military career.&quot; - See more at: <a href="http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1048#sthash.VWoMRkU4.dpuf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1048#sthash.VWoMRkU4.dpuf" rel="nofollow">http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1048#sthash.VWoMRkU4.dpuf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m now about 90% certain the postcard photo depicts Dr. William Crawford Gorgas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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