Living 85,500 By Indy Staff Thu Jul 03, 2008 | 12:00am Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Add independent.com on Google Add the SB Independent as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 85,500 The number of colonials who died from battle or disease during the American Revolutionary War. Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War