Hook/Background Information: Valley Forge was a place for heros but many left. Soldiers died of hunger and harsh weathers. Was Valley Forge that bad?

Valley Forge was a place of misery. Many soldiers abandoned the forge and others abandoned tragically. Others survived to learn how to be better soldiers and become heroes. In my opinion I would leave Valley Forge if I was in that time period. One reason is that many researchers estimated grand deaths and illnesses.(Doc A) The total estimates of deaths made by the researchers was estimated to be about 2,898 to 3,989 deaths in a short period of time. By February 1778 there were about 8,000 deaths and illnesses together. Another reason is the fact about a painting made by Henry