Nash was placed in command of the North Carolina brigade; though fellow North Carolinian Robert Howe's commission as a brigadier general predated Nash's, he was forced to remain in command of the Continental troops defending South Carolina.
Nash was placed in command of the North Carolina brigade. Although fellow North Carolinian Robert Howe's commission as a brigadier general predated Nash's, Howe has been made commander of the Southern Department of the Continental Army, and he was forced to remain in command of the troops defending South Carolina.