Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
N'ịbụ ndị ọchịagha Benjamin Lincoln na-achị, ndị agha ndịda nke Continental Army laghachiri Charleston, South Carolina. Ọchịagha Sir Henry Clinton bugara ndị agha ya, gbaa obodo ahụ gburugburu ebe ndị agha Lincoln gbabara ma bepụ ohere ọ bụla maka enyemaka maka ndị agha Continental. Tupu Lincoln enyefee onwe ya, o zipụla ozi na General Washington nakwa na Continental Congress na-arịọ ha ka ha nyere ha aka. Na ngwụcha Eprel 1780, Washington zipụrụ Ọchịagha deKalb na ndị agha 1,400 nke Maryland na Delaware. Maryland Line mejupụtara akụkụ buru ibu nke ndị agha a.