Harriet Tubman's Role In The Civil War

Harriet Tubman: One of the most influential and essential woman of the civil war era. Not only was she a conductor of the underground railroad, but she was a Union spymaster. What is a union spymaster you may ask ? Well a Union spymaster is the leading spy, or one of the leading spies of the Union. She demonstrated intelligence that could be considered advanced for the era, although espionage could have existed long before the civil war.

Along with helping slaves through the underground railroad, she served as a spy for the union army. Harriet did not initially start off as a spy for the union, but as a chef and a nurse for the army. While she was volunteering as a nurse, she was recruited to become a part of the spy ring made up of former slaves. Not only was she a spy for the union army, but she was also the first woman in the country to
Buried with military honours at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York, she will always be a leading woman in the civil war time along with the other conductors and fellow spy masters of their era.

Harriet tubman was not the only woman who participated in the espionage of the civil war. Some women were spies for the Union army, while others were spies for the Confederate army. Pauline Cushman was another woman who participated in the Union spy ring, becoming an important part in the war. Pauline loved to act in plays and other activities, which lead to her becoming a part of the Union spy ring.

While performing in Louisville, Kentucky, she was dared by Confederate officers to interrupt a show to toast Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy. Cushman contacted the Union Army’s local provost marshal and offered to perform the toast as a way to ingratiate herself to the Confederates and become a federal intelligence operative. The marshal agreed, and she gave the toast the next