[xzins]

the Revolutionary War, more than any other war up until recently, has been the most bloody war we‘ve fought.

I don't think so.

The armies were generally under 10,000 if memory serves correctly.

Someone would have to prove this to me. I'm not sure I'd accept "percentage of the population" as a legitimate response.

[george76]

The total number of casualties (dead and wounded) in the Revolutionary War was about 10,000 (4,400 deaths).

 

The 1790 Census (the first Census) recorded about 3.9 million Americans. So slightly more than 0.2 percent of the population was killed or wounded in the Revolution. If 16 percent of the population were casualties, that would mean that the population at the time of the Revolution could have only been about 63,000 or so. Impossible for the population to grow from 63,000 to just under 4 million in just over a decade.

In contrast, just under 1 million people (Union and Confederate) were casualties of the Civil War. The US population then was about 34 million. So about three percent of the population was killed or wounded in that conflict, an increase of an order of magnitude over the percentages for the American Revolution.

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hat tip to CFC__VRWC

The total number of casualties (dead and wounded) in the Revolutionary War was about 10,000 (4,400 deaths).

The 1790 Census (the first Census) recorded about 3.9 million Americans. So slightly more than 0.2 percent of the population was killed or wounded in the Revolution. If 16 percent of the population were casualties, that would mean that the population at the time of the Revolution could have only been about 63,000 or so. Impossible for the population to grow from 63,000 to just under 4 million in just over a decade.