From the June 5, 2013, CNN U.S. "By the numbers: U.S. war veterans."
I am doing this list in my Cooter's History Thing Blog which will cover all wars.
WAR OF 1812 (1812-1815)
Total in Service: 286,730
Casualties: Dead- 2,260, Wounded-- 4,505
Last veteran: Hiram Cronk, died in 1905 at age 105.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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