 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo Lincoln akasvika kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweConnecticut, Washington akatanga kumurayira kugadzirira rwendo rwokuyambuka Long Island Sound kunopamba nzvimbo dzeBritain paLong Island. Rwendo rwacho rwakakanganiswa apo Washington akatanga kudzokera kuNew York mushure meHondo yeLong Island Brooklyn muna Nyamavhuvhu 1776, uye Lincoln akarairwa kuunza mapoka maviri kuti ajoine uto raWashington sezvo rakazodzokera kuchamhembe kubva kuNew York Town. Mauto aLincoln akachengetedza kudzoka kweContinental kuWhite Plains, New York, uye aive muchikwata chikuru cheContinental panguva yeHondo yeWhite Plains yakazotevera muna Gumiguru 1776; chikamu ichi chemauto hachina kuona chiito muhondo. Sezvo nguva yokuti varume vake vapinde muchiuto yakanga yava kupera, Lincoln akadzokera kwenguva pfupi kuMassachusetts kuti anotungamirira vanhu vatsva vaizoenda kuhondo gore raitevera racho. Zvichibva pakurudziro yakabva kuna General Washington somurume akakodzera kucherechedzwa muMasoja, Congress yakapa Lincoln basa guru muContinental Army musi waFebruary 14, 1777. 