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2025-03-02 19:55:19 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C5290C20A74F8575F695DAB1B85F610574CFB272D5E8CE9C55EE1FF1C1A1B29A
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The death numbers are just completely wrong. “an estimated 6,800 Americans were killed…Historians believe that at least an additional 17,000 deaths were the result of disease.” https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/american-revolution-faqs#How%20many%20were%20killed%20or%20wounded? https://veteranmuseum.net/research-revolutionary-war/#:~:text=AMERICAN%20CASUALTIES,ships%20in%20New%20York%20Harbor. https://www.history.com/news/revolutionary-war-deaths
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