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December 21, 1860 - Colonel René De Russy to Captain John Foster

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Union Correspondence, etc.

ENGINEER DEPARTMENT,
Washington, December 21, 1860.

Captain J.G. FOSTER,
Corps of Engineers, Charleston, S.C.:

CAPTAIN: Your letters of the 4th and 13th instants, reporting the operations you have undertaken for improving the defensible condition of the forts in Charleston Harbor, have been received, and your action in the matter is fully approved by this Department.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

R.E. DE RUSSY,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Engineers, Commanding

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