. . entucky began it had notbeen fully determinedwhether either of these offi-cers would continue withhis regiment. The questionregarding Forsyth solvedhas heretofore beentold. Harkers absence,while we were at , was in consequence ofan order which he had re-ceived to report back to hisregiment—the FifteenthUnited i fan try—for duty. The off the •v-riflh had alreadylearned to know and appre-ciate his worth, and theyunited in an earnest appealfor his retention as its colo-nel. This request, strong-ly indorsed by GeneralWood an
. . entucky began it had notbeen fully determinedwhether either of these offi-cers would continue withhis regiment. The questionregarding Forsyth solvedhas heretofore beentold. Harkers absence,while we were at , was in consequence ofan order which he had re-ceived to report back to hisregiment—the FifteenthUnited i fan try—for duty. The off the •v-riflh had alreadylearned to know and appre-ciate his worth, and theyunited in an earnest appealfor his retention as its colo-nel. This request, strong-ly indorsed by GeneralWood and General Buell, was granted and Harkers position ascolonel of the Sixty-fifth was made permanent. The result ofthe controversy gave no less pb faction to the of- ficers and meu of the regiment than to Harker, himself, At Danville the Sixt\■■fourth was introduced to a new colo-nel—John Ferguson—who had been commissioned I notTod to the \ bed by the resignation of Colonel Forsyth,At first there was some feeling !>ecause the vacancy had not been. KY WOOD RUT p,AD JOT AN! , SIXTY-FOURTH. JIM MILLS AND THE MULE. 95 filled in the usual way, by promotion within the regiment, whichwould have advanced six or eight persons one rung higher onthe ladder of military name and fame. The soreness soon dis-appeared, for Colonel Ferguson, like Absalom of old, stole thehearts of his soldiers. He was a man of fine presence and mili-tary ability of a high order, and was a most excellent officer. Hehad a singularly resonant voice for command We all rememberhis At-ten-tion! Bat-ial-ion! every syllable as clear as thestroke of a bell. Now, in the case of Colonel Harker we came to learn that when he shouted: M shun! yun^ be meant Attention ! Battalion! but he threw all his force into thelast syllable of each word and the others were never in the audible. The first night after leaving Stanford James P. Mills, ofCompany IS, Sixty-fifth, while on guard, shot and killed
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