Living 85,500 By Indy Staff Thu Jul 03, 2008 | 12:00am Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on X (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Add to Favorites 85,500 The number of colonials who died from battle or disease during the American Revolutionary War. Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War