 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lincoln akabatanazve naWashington kunze kweNew York muna August 1778, uye akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri wedhipatimendi rokumaodzanyemba muna September. Washington yakatumira Lincoln, Lafayette naLee Henry Light Horse Harry kuSouthern Department kuzopikisa uto reBritain riri pasi paClinton naCornwallis. Lincoln akabatanidzwa mukukundwa kweFrance yakatungamirirwa neSavannah, Georgia muna Gumiguru 1779, mushure mezvo akadzokera kuCharleston, South Carolina. Akatora chiremera chevarwi veCharleston. Muna March 1780 guta racho rakakombwa neuto guru reBritain rakatumirwa richibva kuNew York. Pashure pokukombwa kwenguva pfupiLincoln akamanikidzwa kupa varume vanopfuura zviuru zvishanu kuna Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton musi waMay 12, 1780, asi akaita saizvozvo nenzira yakabvumira mauto eSouth Carolina kutiza pamwe chete nemamwe mauto eContinental, ayo akatsamwisa maBritish kuna Lincoln. 