Battle of Lindley's Mill

Not to be confused with the 1776 Battle of Lindley's Fort in South Carolina.
Battle of Lindley's Mill
Part of the American Revolutionary War
A map of the area around Lindley's Mill, where the battle took place, from 1781
A portion of Thomas Kitchin's 1781 map of North Carolina, depicting Hillsborough, the Haw River, and Lindley's Mill on Cane Creek (spelled here "Lindsey's M.")
DateSeptember 13, 1781
Location
Alamance County, North Carolina;
east of present day Snow Camp, North Carolina
35°53′23″N 79°20′50″W / 35.889711°N 79.347188°W / 35.889711; -79.347188
Result Loyalist victory
Belligerents
United States Patriot militia Kingdom of Great Britain Loyalist militia
Commanders and leaders
United States John Butler
United States Robert Mebane
United States John Nall †

Kingdom of Great Britain David Fanning +

Kingdom of Great Britain Hector McNeill †
Kingdom of Great Britain Archibald McDugald
Strength
300 600
Casualties and losses
24 killed
90 wounded
10 captured[1]		 27 killed
90 wounded[1]

The Battle of Lindley's Mill (also known as the Battle of Cane Creek) took place in Orange County, North Carolina (now in Alamance County), on September 13, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War. The battle took its name from a mill that sat at the site of the battle on Cane Creek, which sat along a road connecting what was then the temporary state capital, Hillsborough, with Wilmington, North Carolina.

  1. ^ a b Rankin 1971, p. 365.