Major Military Conflicts Involving
the Unites States of America, 1775-1975

Back to Acquiring Liberty page

Period	Conflict	Participants	Deaths	Wounded
1775-1783	American Revolution	290,000	4,435*	6,188*
1784-1890	Indian Wars	106,000	6,125*	2,156*
1812-1815	War of 1812	287,000	2,260*	4,505*
1846-1848	Mexican War	79,000#	13,283*	32*#
1861-1865	Civil War
	Union	2,213,000	363,000*	281,104*
	Confederate	1,000,000	199,110*	137,102*
1898-1902	Spanish-American War	392,000	7,166*	4,477*
1917-1918	World War I	4,744,000	116,708*	204,002*
1940-1947	World War II	16,535,000	408,306*	670,846*
1940-1955	Korean Conflict	6,807,000	33,651*	100,284*
1964-1975	Vietnam Era	9,200,000	58,219*	153,356*

* = from America's Quest for Freedom      (Military Order of the Pruple Heart, Springfield VA, 2005) # = seems much too low; likely an error Unless otherwise specified above the numbers of participants, wounded, and deaths are for U.S. military participants and deaths while in service.

Latest Changes: 06Jan21 - created / 06Feb20 - cite AmQforF /

Go to Top

Questions? Contact