Starting to sound like the 3% number is coming from pension filings post war. So that would be survivors who chose to file after the war, and in the regular army, not militiamen. Leading to the number being potentially much higher. But yes, I agree not 100% not even half the population was likely involved at the start.
Well the revolutionary war was only ~3% of the population fighting
Starting to sound like the 3% number is coming from pension filings post war. So that would be survivors who chose to file after the war, and in the regular army, not militiamen. Leading to the number being potentially much higher. But yes, I agree not 100% not even half the population was likely involved at the start.
More detailed info:https://observer.com/2017/07/soldiers-militia-american-revolution/