Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Lincoln ya koma Washington a waje da New York a watan Agustan 1778, kuma an nada shi kwamandan sashen Kudancin a watan Satumba. Washington ta aika da Lincoln, Lafayette da Lee (Henry "Light Horse Harry") zuwa Ma'aikatar Kudancin don adawa da sojojin Birtaniya a karkashin Clinton da Cornwallis. Lincoln ya shiga cikin nasarar da Faransa ta jagoranci
Siege na Savannah, Georgia a watan Oktoba 1779, bayan da ya koma Charleston, South Carolina. Ya dauki umurnin garuruwan Charleston. A watan Maris na shekara ta 1780, wani babban rundunar sojojin Burtaniya da aka aika daga New York sun kewaye birnin. Bayan wani ɗan gajeren siege Lincoln ya tilasta wa Lieutenant Janar Sir Henry Clinton sama da mutane 5,000 a ranar 12 ga Mayu, 1780, amma ya yi hakan ta hanyar da ta ba da damar 'yan bindigar South Carolina su tsere da kuma wasu sojojin Nahiyar, waɗanda suka fusata da Birtaniyya zuwa Lincoln.