...ld become evident that a longer defence was impracticable, General Hardee should abandon the place, removing all valuable stores, and hasten to form a junction in front of Columbia with the forces of General Beauregard , who would have to cover Columbia, and take up the Congaree as a line of defence. 4th. That the infantry now on the line of Briar Creek (about twenty-five miles south of Augusta) should be rem...