While Cornwallis was unable to completely destroy Greene, he recognized that most of the supplies that the American forces were relying on were coming from Virginia, a state that up to this point in the war had been relatively untouched.
Mens Cornwallis var ude af stand til fuldstændig at nedkæmpe Greene, kunne han se, at de fleste af de forsyninger som de amerikanske styrker var afhængige af kom fra Virginia, en stat som indtil da havde været forholdsvis uberørt af krigen.