Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown.
It was in New York, not Boston or Philadelphia, where most Americans gave their live.
Evidence suggests that at least 17,500 Americans may have died in these prisons--more than twice the number to die on the battlefield.
About 25,000 became Prisoners of war, most of them confined in New York City under conditions so atrocious that they perished by the thousands.
Just over 6,800 of those men died in battle.
Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown