<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Alamance </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the War of the Regulation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Alamance, The First Battle of the Revolution, Burlington, N.C., From the original drawing by J. Steeple Davis", written on a postcard, circa 1905 - 1915 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> May 16, 1771 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> near Great Alamance Creek in Alamance County, North Carolina </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Decisive government victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Carolina Provincial Militia </Td> <Td> North Carolina Regulators </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Royal Governor William Tryon </Td> <Td> Herman Husband, Captain Montgomery, others </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> appx . 1,000 </Td> <Td> appx . 2,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Between 9 and 27 killed 61 wounded </Td> <Td> 9 killed Unknown number injured 7 later executed for treason </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Alamance </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the War of the Regulation </Td> </Tr>

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