Battle at the Yadkin River

Battle at the Yadkin River
Part of the Regulator Movement

An illustration of Hugh Waddell
DateMay 9, 1771
Location
Yadkin River, North Carolina
51°04′26″N 1°47′37″W / 51.0740°N 1.7936°W / 51.0740; -1.7936
Result Regulator victory
Belligerents
Regulators North Carolina
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Merrill Hugh Waddell
Strength
~300 ~300

The Battle at the Yadkin River was a military engagement of the Regulator Movement fought at the crossing of the Yadkin River on May 9, 1771, just a week prior to the Battle of Alamance, the final battle of the conflict.

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