Yes. They will need intel on the inside the most, followed by comms, ammo, meds, and safe sanctuary, maybe smuggling for them.
Gotta find out the where the Feds are keeping safehouses with the remaining traitors.
Gotta find them. Nits make lice.
Good thing about deputizing the citzenry is Title 2 (NFA) guns on LEO ATF Form 10s for everyone! Yippee! (I'll pay for an M240 please, Sheriff).
The safest transport routes would be the secondary highways coming in from West Virginia. Most of the friendlies are in those western counties, anyway.