He had, however, some excellent officers, and he did not scorn, as Gates, with the stiff military traditions of a regular soldier, had scorned, the aid of guerrilla leaders like Marion and Sumter.

Serving with Greene was General Daniel Morgan, the enterprising and resourceful Virginia rifleman, who had fought valorously at Quebec, at Saratoga, and later in Virginia.

Steuben was busy in Virginia holding the British in check and keeping open the line of communication with the North.

The mobility and diversity of the American forces puzzled Cornwallis.

When he marched from Camden into North Carolina he hoped to draw Greene into a battle and to crush him as he had crushed Gates.