Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I hoki mai a Lincoln ki Washington i waho o New York i te Akuhata 1778, a, i tohua hei rangatira mo te tari ki te Tonga i te Mahuru. I tukuna e Washington a Lincoln, Lafayette me Lee (Henry "Light Horse Harry") ki te Tari ki te Tonga ki te whakahee i te ope o Ingarangi i raro i a Clinton me Cornwallis. I whai wāhi a Lincoln ki te whakapae a te Wīwī, kāore i angitu
o Savannah, Georgia i te Oketopa 1779, i muri mai ka hoki ia ki Charleston, South Carolina. I riro i a ia te mana o te whare hoia o Charleston. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1780, i karapotia te taone e tetahi ope nui o Ingarangi i tukuna mai i New York. Whai muri i te whakapae poto, i akina a Lincoln ki te tuku atu i te 5,000 nga tangata ki a Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton i te Mei 12, 1780, engari i mahia i runga i te huarahi i ahei ai te militia o South Carolina ki te mawhiti me etahi ope Continental, i riri i nga Pakeha ki a Lincoln.