Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War /
Fields-Black, Edda L.,
Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War / Edda L. Fields-Black. - 742 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
new book 2025 summer.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Last captives -- Old heads -- Stolen children -- Prime hands -- Freedom seekers -- Pikins -- John Brown's "men" -- "Gun shoot at Bay Point" -- Broken promises -- Beaufort's boatmen -- Two of us -- Forever free -- "A pleasure excursion" -- Day clean -- "Some credit" -- "Great sufferers" -- Reaping dead men -- Charleston siege -- Closed his eyes.
"This book offers the first full account of Harriet Tubman's Civil War service and the Combahee River Raid. It details how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. It also recounts the story of enslaved families living in bondage and fighting for their freedom, using their own distinct and individual voices. The book uses more than 175 US Civil War pension files of the regiments of Second South Carolina Volunteers, including Tubman's. It is based on original documentation and written by a descendent of the enslaved men and women who fought in it, and in the process liberated themselves"--.
9780197552797
2023032481
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.
United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 2nd (1863-1864)
Combahee River Raid, 1863.
Freed persons--History--South Carolina--19th century
Raids (Military science)--History--19th century
South Carolina--History--Campaigns--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, African American--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, Female--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--African Americans--Civil War, 1861-1865
Combahee River (S.C.)--History, Military--19th century
E473.9 / .F54 2024
973.7/34
Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War / Edda L. Fields-Black. - 742 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
new book 2025 summer.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Last captives -- Old heads -- Stolen children -- Prime hands -- Freedom seekers -- Pikins -- John Brown's "men" -- "Gun shoot at Bay Point" -- Broken promises -- Beaufort's boatmen -- Two of us -- Forever free -- "A pleasure excursion" -- Day clean -- "Some credit" -- "Great sufferers" -- Reaping dead men -- Charleston siege -- Closed his eyes.
"This book offers the first full account of Harriet Tubman's Civil War service and the Combahee River Raid. It details how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. It also recounts the story of enslaved families living in bondage and fighting for their freedom, using their own distinct and individual voices. The book uses more than 175 US Civil War pension files of the regiments of Second South Carolina Volunteers, including Tubman's. It is based on original documentation and written by a descendent of the enslaved men and women who fought in it, and in the process liberated themselves"--.
9780197552797
2023032481
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.
United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 2nd (1863-1864)
Combahee River Raid, 1863.
Freed persons--History--South Carolina--19th century
Raids (Military science)--History--19th century
South Carolina--History--Campaigns--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, African American--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Participation, Female--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--African Americans--Civil War, 1861-1865
Combahee River (S.C.)--History, Military--19th century
E473.9 / .F54 2024
973.7/34