Blog #4 - Revolution Article

I believe World War II relates to the American Revolution and the Civil War based on the sheer number of people who died in all three.

1. Of those who served in the Continental Army, 1 in 4 died: also 1 in 4 British soldiers, German mercenaries, and American Loyalist soldiers died.

2. At King's Mountain, the Loyalists who survived the battle, still faced a long forced march into captivity. Many captives were murdered on the march.

3. Many men in the retreat across New Jersey in 1776 were "without Stockings Breeches or shoes, nothing to cover their nakedness but a blanket".

4. Forty-seven percent of Continental soldiers taken prisoner in the Revolutionary War perished. In the Civil War, 12 percent of Confederate prisoners and 15 percent of all Union captives died.

5. During the Revolution upwards of 100,000 Loyalists or 5 percent of the free population went into exile. Some 10,000 Confederates, a fraction of 1 percent of the free population, chose exile after the Civil War.