 On May 8 , Lincoln called another council of war with all his army 's general and field officers and ships ' captains to discuss terms of surrender that had been proposed by Clinton . Of the 61 officers in attendance at that council , 49 , including Hogun , voted to offer terms of capitulation with the British commander . When these were rejected , hostilities continued , and Lincoln called another council of war on May 11 to further discuss terms of capitulation . The council voted to present further terms to Clinton , which he accepted . On May 12 , 1780 , Hogun was among the officers under Lincoln who formally surrendered to the British Army , along with approximately 5 @,@ 000 Continental and militia soldiers . The surrender led to the loss of all but one of the regiments of the North Carolina Line then in existence , depriving the state of all regular , non @-@ militia soldiers . As a brigadier general , Hogun held the highest rank of the approximately 814 Continental soldiers from North Carolina who capitulated at Charleston . 
