A Dictionary of American History

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Author: Thomas L. Purvis  | Date: 1995

Alamance Creek, Battle of

Alamance Creek, Battle of (N.C.) On 16 May 1771, Governor William Tryon’s 1,300 militia (mostly from eastern N.C.) defeated 2,500 regulators (see regulator), mostly from western N.C., near Hillsborough. Tryon’s losses: 9 killed and 61 wounded. Regulators’ losses: about 20 killed and 100 wounded. The regulator uprising then ended.

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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Alamance Creek, Battle of," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed April 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CCL6D1EJKCI11T4.

MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Alamance Creek, Battle of." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 24 Apr. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CCL6D1EJKCI11T4.

Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Alamance Creek, Battle of' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 24 April 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CCL6D1EJKCI11T4.