[Congressman Billybob]

I read the first two sentences, then quit. On a per capita basis, the Civil War was not only America's bloodiest, it was one of the bloodiest wars in history. Killed in action for the American Revolution was about 11,000 American soldiers (I'm writing from memory. This article is so bad I'm not wasting time on it.)

Considering that US population then was about 1% of what it is today, that would be about 1.1 million today. That's a far greater comparative toll than the Iraq War, for instance, which is why the press today NEVER prints such comparisons. Still, it is slight, comparatively to the Civil War, and WW I and II.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, "Crime and Punishment at the AP"

[Pharmboy]

They based their calculations as KIA/combatant. They defined their terms...and IMO, it's a reasonable parameter.

And my numbers for the RevWar go something like this:

KIA: 6,245
Died as a POW: 11.000+ (11k is the number given for those that died just on the Brit prison ships in Wallabout Bay off the East River in NYC).