 While commanding his regiment , Hogun fought against the British Army in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown , and was present at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777 – 78 . In 1778 , Hogun was given orders to assist in recruiting the so @-@ called " additional regiments " requested by the Continental Congress from North Carolina , and afterwards was ordered to West Point with the first regiment so recruited . After his arrival , and throughout the late autumn and winter of 1778 – 79 , Hogun 's regiment served on a work detail tasked with building up the fortifications at West Point . Hogun was not satisfied with this task , but his men lacked sufficient weapons to allow them to serve as a combat unit at that time . Approximately 400 muskets had to be requisitioned for the regiment to be fully armed . 
