 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1780, vaBritain vakatora Charleston, South Carolina, uye pamwe chete nayo hurumende yevagari vemo yecolony nemauto ehondo. Butler akatiza sorutivi rweboka raitungamirira rakanga rakaiswa kunze kweguta. Mumakore maviri akatevera, akagadzira nzira yokurwisa nayo kuti akunde mashandiro evavengi kumaodzanyemba. Vachiramba kuzviisa pasi, vavakanga vabatana navo muSouth Carolina uye zvikamu zveGeorgia neNorth Carolina zvakanga zvapambwa vakaronga sangano rokurwisa. Semubatsiri mukuru, Butler akashanda nevaive nhengo dzevarwi uye maContinental Army veterans akadai saFrancis Marion naThomas Sumter kuti vabatanidze kuedza kwevamwe mumushandirapamwe wakabatana. Ivo vakabatana nemabasa euto rekumaodzanyemba pasi pekutungamira kwaHoratio Gates uye gare gare Nathanael Greene. 