He could not bear the thought that any favor should be shown him on any pretense.

He was ready to take his share of the marauding and pillaging with the rest, but he was deeply indignant at the idea that any one representing him should even appear to ask a favor of the British.
Altogether, the spring of 1781 was very trying, for there was nothing so galling to Washington as to be unable to fight.

He wanted to get to the south, but he was bound hand and foot by lack of force.

Yet the obstacles did not daunt or depress him.

He wrote in June that he felt sure of bringing the war to a happy conclusion, and in the division of the British forces he saw his opportunity taking shape.