I te Hui-tanguru 2, 1779, i tonoa ia ki Baltimore, Maryland, kātahi ki Edenton, North Carolina, i reira ia i ārahi ai i nga hoia i te Campaign Southern. He pūrongo auau tana ki a Hineara Benjamin Lincoln, ā, i te mutunga ka tonoa ia ki te whai wāhi ki te pakanga o Savannah
me te tiaki o Charleston. I mauheretia ia i te 12 o Mei, 1780, me te toenga o te ope a Lincoln, ka whakawhitihia i te ngahuru o te tau 1782.