Clinton soon decided that North Carolina was not an ideal objective, and the majority of the British fleet and army made its way south to Charleston on May 30, 1776.
但克林顿很快就认定，北卡罗莱纳不是理想的进军目标，大部分英军舰队和陆军于1776年5月30日南下前往查尔斯顿。