Why any Americans care is beyond me.
Royalty can go suck on big fat smelly eggs.
Between 25,000 and 70,000 American Patriots died during active military service.[1] Of these, approximately 6,800 were killed in battle, while at least 17,000 died from disease. The majority of the latter died while prisoners of war of the British, mostly in the prison ships in New York Harbor.[2] If the upper limit of 70,000 is accepted as the total net loss for the Patriots, it would make the conflict proportionally deadlier than the American Civil War.[3] Uncertainty arises due to the difficulties in accurately calculating the number of those who succumbed to disease, as it is estimated at least 10,000 died in 1776 alone.[3] The number of Patriots seriously wounded or disabled by the war has been conservatively estimated from 8,500 to 25,000.
[1] Howard H. Peckham, ed., The Toll of Independence: Engagements and Battle Casualties of the American Revolution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974)
[2] Burrows, Edwin G. (Fall 2008). “Patriots or Terrorists”. American Heritage, 58 (5) Archived from the original on March 23, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2014
[3] Duncan, Louis C., Medical Men in the American Revolution (1931)
