DeGolyer Library, Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University, Dallas “Capt Reyborne C.S.A. Banditti” is inscribed on this carte de visite of Howell A. Rayburn, pictured as a Confederate captain, circa 1864-1866. Rights: Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file  In the small northern Arkansas town of Des Arc, dozens of local boys in the fall of 1862 came under the influence of a young Confederate recruiter named Howell A. Rayburn. His delicate physique and long tawny hair made him look innocent, like a child. But a streak of darkness lurked in his wild blue eyes, which, as one historian noted, “seemed at times to have lost every vestige of tenderness, compassion and mercy, especially for those who differed with his views.” STORY HERE: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/the-yellow-doc-raiders/

DeGolyer Library, Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University, Dallas “Capt Reyborne C.S.A. Banditti” is inscribed on this carte de visite of Howell A. Rayburn, pictured as a Confederate captain, circa 1864-1866.

Rights: Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file 

In the small northern Arkansas town of Des Arc, dozens of local boys in the fall of 1862 came under the influence of a young Confederate recruiter named Howell A. Rayburn. His delicate physique and long tawny hair made him look innocent, like a child. But a streak of darkness lurked in his wild blue eyes, which, as one historian noted, “seemed at times to have lost every vestige of tenderness, compassion and mercy, especially for those who differed with his views.”

STORY HERE: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/the-yellow-doc-raiders/

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