Download or read book The Revolutionary War Over the Pocono Plateau written by Rick Bodenschatz and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Continental Army was gaining traction on 1778, the British opted for multiple fronts, dividing the colonists¿ resources. In alliance with the Six Nations of the Iroquois, they led the Six Nations to attack the frontiers of Northeast Pennsylvania and Upstate New York. Hundreds of American militia and colonists were slaughtered. General Washington ordered an invasion of those allies in central and western New York. Led by General John Sullivan, the expedition was formed by one-third of the Continental Army. But to get there, they must cross the wilds of the Poconos, where no road was ever built. From the Journals of the Continental Army¿s leaders, we learn how a road was engineered and built through the Great Swamp, in thick forests that did not see daylight, while fighting the elements, rattlesnakes and hunger. Built over a major mountain range in just one month.