At that time, he was ordered by General Washington to take command of all the cavalry in the southern army, and, upon his own personal credit, equipped two regiments with which to operate against Lord Cornwallis in South Carolina.

On May 21, 1782, White was present with General Anthony Wayne in the movement before Savannah; and, on the evacuation of that place, returned to Charleston, South Carolina, where he became security for the debts of the officers and men of his regiments, who were in want of almost all the necessaries of life.

These debts he was subsequently obliged to pay at enormous sacrifices of his own property, and, on returning to the North at the close of the war, his financial ruin was completed by entering into speculation at the persuasion of military friends.

Gen. Anthony Walton White, who departed this life on the 10th of February, 1803, in the 53rd year of his age, rests beneath this monumental stone.

He was an affectionate husband, a tender parent, a sincere friend, a zealous and inflexible patriot, and a faithful, active and gallant officer in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.