How many Americans and Brithish were killed during the revolutionary war?

Answer 1

14

Answer 2

The real problem in answering this question is that the number killed is never an easy to figure out.
I have seen numbers of American killed as low as 25,000 and as high as 50,000+. It all depends on how one counts and who one counts. Regardless, two-thirds or more of those who died were struck down by disease, not bullets and shells.
The British lost somewhere around 20,000 and the greatest killer for them was scurvy. Once again, numbers can vary up or down depending on how one counts.
Please do not forget the Germans who were killed in the war. These numbered around 7,500. Sure, they were most mercenaries, but they still died in the war. One might be able to find a smaller number of French killed as well.
Finally, one should always be very careful in looking at these figures because one might well ask, is a person who dies of disease to be counted as someone who was 'killed'. In addition, of those wounded a very large percentage ended up dying of their wounds through infections. Disease and infections probably killed almost all of those who lost their lives and a very small percentage died from battlefield injuries.

Answer 3

AMERICAN FORCES:
Revolutionary War 1775 - 1783
number serving: 217,0003 estimated
wounded: 6,188 estimated
battle deaths: 4,435 estimated

REDCOATS:

at their peak, it is estimated that 50,000 British troops were in the Colonies during the revolution. some of these were hired mercenaries from Germany called Hessians.

10,000 estimated British losses during the war.