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up and returned to Denver. There he was employed 

 by the government as a teamster, and was sent with a 

 six mule team to Fort Lyon with supplies. At Fort 

 Lyon Marvin made the acquaintance of Captain L. D. 

 Rouell, of Company F, of the Second Colorado Cavalry. 

 The company were quartered during the winter of 

 1862-63 at Fort Lyon, and in the spring was de- 

 spatched to Council Grove, Kansas, to hold the Santa 

 Fe trail against Indians and lawless border raiders. 



The company remained at Council Grove until the 

 memorable dash of the Confederate raider, Quantrill, 

 into Kansas. On the night of August 20, 1863, Quan- 

 trill, with 300 men, crossed the State line from Mis- 

 souri, and in the early morning of August 21st, swooped 

 down upon Lawrence, with tire and sword. "Riot and 

 murder and sudden death were in the city's streets." 

 The town was literally wrecked and ruined, and in 

 flight was the only escape from the sword. After the 

 sack of Lawrence, Quantrill's men recrossed into Mis- 

 souri, timidly pursued by General Lane. Captain 

 RouelFs company was ordered to Lawrence after the 

 raid, and a little later to Hickman's Mill, IMissouri, 

 thirteen miles from Kansas City. The country was 

 practically depopulated, and for those who were lo\^al 

 to the Union there were only two paths to safet}^ — 

 either to go within the Federal lines or leave the coun- 

 try, as it was in sympathy with the "lost cause." 

 Marvin remained herewith the company until the close 

 of the war, the troops doing considerable fighting of a 

 bush whacking order. In the fall of 1861, the rebel 

 General Price made his formidable raid, and Captain 

 Rouell's company was part of the force under General 



