<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - ULincoln waphindela eWashington ngaphandle kwaseNew York ngo-August 1778, futhi wamiswa njengomphathi womnyango waseNingizimu ngo-September. UWashington wathumela uLincoln, uLafayette noLee uHenry Light Horse Harry eMnyangweni waseNingizimu ukuze bamelane nebutho laseBrithani ngaphansi kukaClinton noCornwallis. U-Lincoln wabamba iqhaza ekuvinjezelweni okungaphumelelanga okuholwa amaFulentshi  <response>: yaseSavannah, eGeorgia ngo-Okthoba 1779, ngemva kwalokho wasuka waya eCharleston, eNingizimu Carolina. Wathatha isikhundla sokuba umlawuli webutho laseCharleston. Ngo-March 1780 leli dolobha lalizungezwe ibutho elikhulu laseBrithani elalivela eNew York. Ngemva kokuvinjezelwa okufushane, uLincoln waphoqeleka ukuba anikele ngamadoda angaphezu kuka-5 000 ku-Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton ngoMeyi 12, 1780, kodwa wakwenza ngendlela eyenza amabutho aseNingizimu Carolina ukuba abaleke kanye namanye amabutho ase-Continental, ayecasula abaseBrithani kuLincoln. 