[Laserman]

You are of course correct, and Carter has no idea what he is talking about.

Casualties:

Rev. War 80 months 4,435 deaths 55/month
Civil War 48 months 558,052 deaths 3,846/month
WWI 19 months 116,708 deaths 2,816/month
WWII 44 months 407,316 deaths 6,639/month
Vietnam War 90 months 58,168 deaths 526/month
Iraq War 20 month 1,067 deaths 53/month

[Ditto]

You are correct about the civil war, but something is wrong with some of your figures and your math. Better check it.

You can go here to verify figures and compare combat casualties to non-combat/theater deaths.