 Pulaski akasvika muCharleston pana May 8, 1779, achiwana guta racho riri munhamo. Mukuru mukuru Benjamin Lincoln, mutungamiriri wehondo yokumaodzanyemba, akanga atungamirira hondo zhinji akananga kuAugusta, Georgia, mukuedza kutorazve Savannah, iyo yakanga yatorwa navaBritain mukupera kwa 1778. Mukuru mukuru wemauto eBritain, Brigadier General Augustine Prevost, akapindura danho raLincoln nokutanga hondo yokurwisa kubva kuSavannah kuyambuka Rwizi Savannah. Mauto eSouth Carolina akadzokera shure pamberi pekufambira mberi kweBritain, uye mauto aPrevost akavatevera kusvika kuCharleston. Pulaski akasvika apo vatungamiriri vehondo vakanga vachigadzira dziviriro yeguta racho. Apo maBritain akafambira mberi musi waMay 11, Pulaskis Legion yakabatanidza zvikamu zvepamberi zveBrithani simba, uye yakashungurudzwa zvikuru mukusangana. Vafambi veLegion, vaingova varume vanenge 60 pamberi pokurwisana, vakapedzwa chose chose, uye Pulaski akamanikidzwa kudzokera kunzvimbo yakachengeteka yezvombo zveguta racho. Kunyange zvazvo vamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika vachiti chiito ichi chaiva chisarudzo chaPrevost chokudzokera kuSavannah zuva rakatevera racho kunyange zvazvo paive nekutaurirana kwaiitwa kuti Charleston ingangokundwa, chisarudzo ichocho chingangodaro chakavakirwa panhau dzakatambirwa naPrevost dzokuti uto guru raLincoln rakanga richidzokera kuCharleston kuzomutarisana, uye kuti mauto aPrevost akanga aenda kure kupfuura zvaakanga aronga pakutanga. Mumwe munyori wenhau dzakaitika kare akatsoropodza zvakaitwa naPulaski panguva iyoyo achiti haana kufunga zvakanaka, akazvibata zvisina kunaka, akanga achinyadzisa uye aiva nenjodzi. Chiitiko chacho chakanga chisina kukosha zvikuru uye hachina kuvandudza mukurumbira weboka raPulaski. 