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Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. Dr. Thompson is on horseback, with an attendant walking alongside. A prisoner pulls hairs out of the horse's tail. Attendant: 'Dr. there's a Reb pulling hairs out of your horse's tail.' Doctor: 'I'll have that Reb put in the guard house if I catch him at it again.' Prisoner: 'These hairs will make a splendid watch chain.'
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Point Lookout Album, Page 89. Dr. J.H. Thompson is likely Dr. James Henry Thompson, who started his Civil War career as a surgeon in the 12th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was assigned in 1864 to the Point Lookout prisoner of war camp in Maryland. A Dr. J. Harry Thompson is also cited as the Surgeon in Chief in the Report of Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-In Asylum, 1873.
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islandora:31620
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Dr. Thompson, Surgeon.
