Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Lincoln sonyeere Washington na mpụga New York n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1778, ma họpụta ya onye isi 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 sonyere n'ọchịchị nke ndị France na-edoghị nke ọma
nke Savannah, Georgia n'ọnwa Ọktoba 1779, mgbe nke ahụ gasịkwara ọ laghachiri 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 gasịrị, 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.