Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Lincoln sonyeere Washington na mpụga New York n'August 1778, a họpụtakwara ya ịbụ ọchịagha nke ngalaba ndịda na Septemba. Washington zigara Lincoln, Lafayette na Lee (Henry "Light Horse Harry") na Ngalaba Ndịda iji megide ndị agha Britain n'okpuru Clinton na Cornwallis. Lincoln keere òkè n'ọchịchị ndị France na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma
nnọchibido nke Savannah, Georgia n'ọnwa Ọktoba 1779, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ọ lara azụ na Charleston, South Carolina. Ọ malitere ịchị ndị agha Charleston. Na March 1780, nnukwu ndị agha Britain si New York gbara obodo ahụ gburugburu. Mgbe nnọchibido dị mkpirikpi dị mkpirikpi, a manyere Lincoln ịrara ihe karịrị ndị ikom 5,000 nye Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton na Mee 12, 1780, mana o mere nke a n'ụzọ kwere ka ndị agha South Carolina gbapụ yana ụfọdụ ndị agha Continental, nke kpasuru ndị Britain iwe na Lincoln.