Had I been at Valley Forge, I would have and would have encouraged others to leave Valley Forge. Valley Forge was a winter camp built and used by the colonists where they were trained, but many colonists died from cold and disease. Valley Forge was a horrible place to be. As it states in Estimates of Death and Illness at Valley forge(doc A), many people got sick and a lot of people died. About 50% of all of the men at Valley Forge got sick with horrible diseases. Out of the 8,000 men at Valley Forge, 20% of them died from these diseases. In the Engraving by Powell(Doc B), the soldiers looked restless and angry. In this engraving the men look angry and restless, almost as if they were going crazy. Also in this carving, the men are angry
