Newer estimates place the total death toll at 650,000 to 850,000. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (Oxford University Press, 1988), 854. estimate of total Confederate dead from James M. ^ Civil War: All Union casualty figures, and Confederate killed in action, from The Oxford Companion to American Military History except where noted (NPS figures). Other deaths resulted from disease and accidents.Ĭ. ^ Other actions against pirates: Includes actions fought in the West Indies, the Greek isles, off of Louisiana, China and Vietnam. The 'other' deaths are primarily from disease, including prisoners who died on British prison ships.ī. Military historian John Shy subsequently estimated the total killed in action at 8,000, and argued that the number of wounded was probably far higher, about 25,000.

Because of incomplete records, Peckham estimated that this new total number of killed in action was still about 1,000 too low. In 1974, historian Howard Peckham and a team of researchers came up with a total of 6,824 killed in action and 8,445 wounded. Commonly cited casualty figures provided by the Department of Defense are 4,435 killed and 6,188 wounded, although the original government report that generated these numbers warned that the totals were incomplete and far too low. ^ Revolutionary War: All figures from the Revolutionary War are rounded estimates. 'Deaths per population' is the total number of deaths in military service, divided by the U.S. 'Deaths per day' is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the number of days between the commencement and end of hostilities. North Russia intervention: American Expeditionary Force, Siberia casualties 'Deaths – other' includes all non-combat deaths including those from bombing, massacres, disease, suicide, and murder.Īmerican Civil War: Confederate casualties Note: 'Total casualties' includes wounded, combat and non-combat deaths but not missing in action. The following is a tabulation of United States military casualties of war. Military personnel casualties of the United States

Armed conflict casualties statistics