The only known picture of Capt. "Yellow Doc" Rayburn shows him in a double breasted captain's frock coat wearing an 1851 officers belt plate (union). At the time Doc could not write his name. The cdv is signed as follows, probably by his captures: Capt Reyborne C.S.A. Banditti. Doc had a brother in which he was often confused with. His nickname (Yellow Doc) has two sides to it. One was he had jaundice thus a yellow look to his skin. The other was his long yellow hair. It may have been both. He was born in 1842 Roane County Tennessee. His family moved to Johnson county, Buchanan Texas which is near present-day Cleburne. On October 21, 1861 he joined Co C, 12th Texas cavalry as a private. The regiment was transferred to central Arkansas in March 1862 passing through the Camp Nelson area and on to Des Arc. He was left there sick or wounded as the Regiment moved on East. ( I think he was sick) He regained his health and was elected Captain of his guerrilla band based out of Des Arc. Their numbers ranged from 15 to 400. Now about the famous "Dance", Doc dressed as a lady so impressed one yankee officer, he wanted to see him (her) after the dance. He got permission to use the officer horse, and the guards at the stable let the young lady have the fine horse. He rode it the rest of the war, its name was Limber Jim. This enraged the yankee officer so much, he called the cowardly Doc Reyburne ever name in the book. This led to the only mounted duel I've ever heard of. The parties met at Wattensaw Bayou north of DeValls Bluff and south of Dea Arc. The signal was given and both fired from horseback one shot went through Doc's coat and Doc's shot went through the yankee hat. The Seconds rode in and stopped it with neither man being hit, honor had been restored. All those involved went their seperate way. There are other stories of Doc and Limber Jim but enough for now. Doc was not a healthy man but his youth keep him going. He weighed about 100 lbs. Arrested at wars end and put in the Little Rock Military Prison (Arkansas's State Capital grounds today) as a "Banditti". Some friends got him released due to his illness. He married a young lady he met during the war from Searcy. Within a year he was dead and is thought to be buried in an unmarked grave in or near Des Arc.