CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: MARION B. YARBROUGH - Smith County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 
MARION B. YARBROUGH.

Marion B. Yarbrough was born in Chambers county, Alabama, 
Nov. 23, 1837.  Married Miss Dicy Ann Martin, a native of Georgia.  
Enlisted in Company B, 8th Alabama, went direct to Yorktown and 
participated in the eventful campaigns of the Virginia army under 
Lee.  He was in the battles of Williamsburg, Chancellorsville, 
Wilderness, Manasas, Fredericksburg, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, 
Bull Run, Gettysburg, Hanover Junction, around Petersburg and 
Richmond.  Was wounded three times, but on recovery reported
promptly for duty.  He surrendered with the army at Appomattox, 
and was paroled the 13th of April, 1865.  He is a popular citizen 
of Tyler.  He removed to Texas in 1866.  A veteran who withstood 
the shock of battle in the stirring events of the early sixties.