How Did Harriet Tubman Contribute To The Civil War

Harriet Tubman is a great example of an extraordinary women in women history because of her actions that have affected our present lives. She served in the Underground Railroads during the 1850’s. But not many know how she escaped slavery around 1849 and she also helped the Union during the Civil War. To them she helped cooked, was a nurse, she helped spy for the Union, and she was the first women to lead a military expedition. She and Colonel James Montgomery planned a raid to free the slaves in the plantations along the the Combahee River in South Carolina. On the first of June during 1863 , three gunboats carried around seven hundred to help carry out the plan. And since Tubman was a spy for the Union she had warned them about where the Civil Union was hiding along the shores. She specially knew everything that they had planned along due to the benefit she was a spy.
Successfully her and her group had freed about seven hundred and fifty slaves which included men, women, children, and babies. Better yet they did not lose anyone during this expedition to help free those who were along the Carolina River. When reporting back to the Secretary of War Stanton Brigadier General Rufus Saxton said, “This is the only military command in American history wherein a woman, black or white, led the raid, and under whose inspiration. it was originated and conducted.” Showing how Tubman has just accomplished more than freedom for people but unity amongst all. Unfortunately she wasn't so appreciated when it came down to her getting paid. Within the three years she spent helping she had only gotten two hundred dollars for her cooperation. She didn't even get a pension for her spy work but all her actions have helped us with whom America is when lending a hand to create freedom. Harriet Tubman is a great women for creating such ways of life for