Ka dib markii uu fashilmay isku daygii lagu qabsaday magaalada Savannah ee gobolka Georgia, oo uu hoggaaminayey General Benjamin Lincoln, waaxda koonfureed ee ciidanka Continental waxay dib ugu laabteen magaalada Charleston ee gobolka South Carolina. Janaraal Sir Henry Clinton ayaa ciidamadiisii la wareegay, waxayna hareereeyeen magaaladii ay ciidankii Lincoln ka magan galeen waxayna ka xanibeen fursad kasta oo ay ciidanka Continental ka helaan. Ka hor inta uusan is dhiibin, Lincoln waxa uu awood u yeeshay in uu fariimo u diro General Washington iyo Congress-ka Continental-ka
codsashada kaalmada. Dhamaadkii Abriil 1780, Washington waxay dirtay General deKalb oo ay la socdeen 1,400 oo ka tirsan ciidamada Maryland iyo Delaware. Ciidanka Maryland ayaa qeyb weyn ka ahaa ciidankan.