From an article in the New York Historical Collections, prepared
by Wm. Joey, Esq., mostly from official sources, it appears the whole number of
Americans killed and wounded during the war of 1812, extending from June 1812
to March 1815, was 7,738; of these 2,816 were the number killed; this includes
both the naval and land forces. The
largest number in the naval forces was at the engagement between the Chesapeake
and Shannon, where the number of Americans killed and wounded was 145, and the
British 85. – At the battle of New Orleans there were 52 Americans and 2,074
British killed and wounded. The Americans
seem to have suffered the most at the battle of Bridgewater where they had 742
killed and wounded, and the British 643.
In the various skirmishes among the Indians the Americans had over 1,100
killed and wounded. In the engagement
between the Constitution and Java, the Americans had 34, and the British 161
killed and wounded. During the whole war
the total number of British killed and wounded is put down at 8,774, of which 2,560
were among the killed.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 29, 1862, p. 3
