We still remember the Revolutionary War for its many outstanding examples of American heroism and perseverance, perhaps the most famous of which remains the harrowing winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where the Continental Army under George Washington suffered terribly under conditions of extreme privation. Fought on land by regular, militia and guerrilla forces, and at sea with the French navy providing invaluable assistance to the Americans on the Atlantic as well as the Mediterranean , the War for Independence wore out all its principal participants long before the fighting came to an end in the Spring of Between 25, and 70, American Patriots died during active military service.
The majority of the latter died while prisoners of war of the British, mostly in the prison ships in New York Harbor. Peckham, ed. Fall The table below has information about the total number of service members, battle deaths, and non-mortal woundings in wars from to ; such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War I and II, Vietnam, and more.
See also Post-Vietnam Combat Casualties. Casualties and Veterans. American Revolution Total servicemembers , Battle deaths 4, Nonmortal woundings 6, War of Total servicemembers , Battle deaths 2, Nonmortal woundings 4, Indian Wars approx. Estimate based upon new population projection methodology. Estimated figure. Madison's War ," as it was derisively called in New England, the U.
Army had 35, men at its peak, with another , militiamen throughout the nascent United States, not all of whom were called up to fight.
Some 15, Americans died as a result of the War of But only around 2, deaths were due to the fighting. The rest were from disease. So if you were fighting the war in the Army or the militia, your chances of dying from fighting were around 0. Dying from disease was much more likely, an 0.
The VA shorts the American Battlefield Trust for this war too, citing only , combatants with 2, service-connected deaths: a calculated fatality rate more than twice as high. Historians and the VA agree that 1, U. This number would be staggering if you had no idea that diseases and other non-combat mishaps killed 11, more, a stunning Before the Civil War, diseases were more effective at killing American troops than the enemy was.
The total death rate in Mexico was A rough estimate from the American Battlefield Trust puts the number of Americans killed in the Civil War at around , The VA estimates around 2.
When combined with the Confederate combatants, the number of Americans who fought the war reaches 3. With these numbers, the overall likelihood of fighting and dying in combat was 6. In all, including non-combat deaths like disease, the chances of dying as a soldier or sailor in the Civil War was Throughout the early history of the United States, the U. The VA estimates some , American troops fought to "tame the West" and at least 1, died doing it, giving the combined wars with Native American tribes a death rate of 0.
The total number of American service members who fought in the Spanish-American War hovered around ,, with only dying in combat. Only 0. Disease did a number on American troops in this war as well. More than 2, fell to disease and other non-combat issues.
If the Spanish-American War showcased the U. With 4. Around 2. So a Great War-era soldier was almost as likely to perish due to trench foot or Spanish Flu as to a German bullet. This war, which saw more than 16 million Americans don a uniform and completely reshaped American society, actually had a lower proportional combat death toll than the Civil War. Only 1.
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