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ce to Mobile bay, and during the month of August all the defences of the harbor were either evacuated or surrendered. By the 23rd, the fleet had complete possession of the bay, but the city itself remained in the hands of the rebels. On the 13th of August, rumors of these events reached Sherman, at that time contemplating his final circuit around Atlanta, and he telegraphed at once: If there be any possibility of Admiral Farragut and the land forces under Gordon Granger taking Mobile, and furmery, my best plan would be to wait awhile, as now, and operate into the heart of Georgia from there. This was just at the time when Hood's cavalry under Wheeler had been sent to cut the railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga, and on the 13th of August, Sherman learned that Wheeler was threatening Dalton. Before cutting loose, as proposed, he continued, I would like to know the chance of my getting the use of the Alabama river. I could easily break up the railroad back to Chattanooga, and