Question: how many american lives were lost in the revolutionary war
Answer: Casualties Missing Sources & Notes Combat Other Total American Revolutionary War 1775 -- 1783 8,000 17,000 25,000 25,000 50,000 Northwest Indian War 1785 -- 1796 1,056 + 1,056 + 825 + 1,881 + Quasi-War 1798 -- 1800 20 494 514 42 556 First Barbary War 1801 -- 1805 35 39 74 64 138 Other actions against pirates 1800 -- 1900 36 158 + 194 + 100 + 294 + Chesapeake -- Leopard Affair 1807 0 18 21 War of 1812 1812 -- 1815 2,260 12,740 ~ 15,000 ~ 4,505 20,000 ~ Nuka Hiva Campaign 1813 -- 1814 5 0 5 11 16 Creek War 1813 -- 1814 575 Second Barbary War 1815 134 10 148 First Seminole War 1817 -- 1818 47 0 47 36 83 First Sumatran Expedition 1832 1