Revolt Test Proves Grit

In fall 1775, Col. Benedict Arnold led a Continental Army expedition through Maine’s wilderness toward Quebec, relying on riflemen scouts to help guide a force of more than 1,000 over a journey of more than 350 miles. Flooding, damaged boats, illness, snow and dwindling food left the troops starving and exhausted; some survivors resorted to eating leather and a dog. Relief supplies eventually reached the expedition, but several men became ill and died after the ordeal.

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