...dark as their faces. That afternoon the engineer officer in charge of the work on the fort called on me and asked me if I was an engineer. I told him that I was simply an up-and-down, out-and-out Yankee ; and that my chief occupation was growling at my ill luck. Yes, he said, I know you seem to think that you are a misfit here, but, judging from what I saw of your performance last night, I believe ...