Letter
É Jos. G. Totten to J. G. FosTrr, February 6, 1861
Washington
Washington, February 6, 1861.
Capt. J. G. FosTrr, Corps of Engineers, Charleston, 8S. C.:
Sir: I compliance with request communicated by your letter of the
31st ultimo, application has been made for $5,000, to be placed to your
credit with the assistant treasurer at New York, and to be charged to @> ¢ £ “Vat sy 9 aS ; 4 r ‘ z~ Vip s ‘CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.— UNION.
you on account of Fort Sumter. Personal effort will be made to secure this credit without delay, and you will be promptly informed as soon as the remittance is made.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
; é JOS. G. TOTTEN,
ae r : Bot. Brig. Gen., and Col. Eng.
No. 35.] Fort Sumter, 8S. C., February 6, 1861.
. (Received A. G. O., February 9.)
ae r : Bot. Brig. Gen., and Col. Eng.
No. 35.] Fort Sumter, 8S. C., February 6, 1861.
. (Received A. G. O., February 9.)
Col. 8. CoorER, Adjutant-General :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: Brigadier General Totten informs Captain Foster that a $5,000 fund request for Fort Sumter has been made and will be credited to him promptly via the New York assistant treasurer.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 50, Part 1
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