...lable force at New Orleans as soon as possible, and prepare to receive orders for the taking of Mobile. If Shreveport is carried, about eight thousand (8,000) troops can be spared from Steele and Rosecrans to join Banks, and, if necessary, to insure success against Mobile, they can be taken from Sherman. * * * * U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. The letter to General Banks thus referred to, co...