 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akatumirwa kunotsigira Major General Benjamin Lincoln weContinental Army pashure pokunge Britain yatora Savannah, Georgiamukupera kwa 1778. Mauto aAshe akatanga kufamba achienda kuPurrysburg, South Carolina, uko Lincoln akanga aumba musasa wake, asi akabva atumirwa kuchamhembe kunobatanidza mauto aityisidzira Augusta, Georgia, iyo yakanga ichitongwa neBritish Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. Kufambira mberi kwaAshe mukutanga kwaFebruary 1779 kwakakurudzira Campbell kusiya Augusta, uye Ashe akamutevera kumaodzanyemba kuGeorgia. Ashe akamira pamusoro chaipo peBriar Creek, apo maBritish akanga apisa bhiriji panguva yavakadzokera shure, uye vakagadzira musasa paakaenda kuSouth Carolina kunopinda dare rehondo naLincoln. Ashe akadzokera kumusasa weBrier Creek musi waMarch 2. 