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2025-03-02 19:25:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FE05DF5C037870CDE2654C18BCF803712C945DC1C87FC34B91038655EC40FC55
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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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