These figures reflect average manpower per month, on land, not the peak contribution from the French in a given year. For example, since roughly 4,000 French naval infantry fought for one month in Savannah during 1778 and there were no other French contributions that year, the average number of French soldiers in the United States during 1778 was 333 (333=4000/12).

These figures do not include French officers that volunteered under Washington's command, nor soldiers involved in the battle of Pensacola. Raw figures used to calculate these averages appear in the following file:

Excel File.