 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wilkinson akatanga kushumira muThompsons Pennsylvania rifle battalion, 177576, uye akagadzwa kaputeni muna September 1775. Akashanda semubatsiri kuna Nathanael Greene panguva yeKukombwa kweBoston, akabatanidzwa mukuiswa kwezvombo paDorchester Heightsmuna March 1776, uye pashure pokunge Britain yarasa Boston, akaenda neuto reContinental Army kuNew York uko akasiya mudonzvo waGreene uye akapiwa mutungamiri wekambani yevarwi. 