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Show Cost of Wars to America Up to the beginning of the current war between the United States and the Axis powers, America had engaged in six wars and each time the result was victory. Here is the cost in money and men: Men Deaths Disease War Cost used In acUon deaths Revolution . $ 504,283,328 395,858 8,000 No record) I 1812 246,785,373 527,654 5,614 ,No record) Mexican . . 195,087,436 107,631 1,549 10,986 Civil: Union . . 11,667,533,483 2,128,948 110,070 224,586 132,554 1,084 Confederate 1,520033,632 650,000 52,779 62,375 Spanish . . 1,015,554,728 280,564 700 5,423 First World . 41,765,000,000 4,380,000 53,500 62,500 Exclusive of cost of army and navy between wars. |