Battle at the Yadkin River

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Battle at the Yadkin River
Part of the Regulator Movement
An illustration of Hugh Waddell
Date May 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.