The Combahee River raid : Harriet Tubman & lowcountry liberation /

In 1863, the Union was unable to adequately fill its Black regiments. In an attempt to remedy that, Colonel James Montgomery led a raid up the Combahee River on June 2 to gather recruits and punish the plantations. Aiding him was an expert at freeing slaves, famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman. The re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Grigg, Jeff W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charleston, S.C. : Published by the History Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Tubman, Harriet, > 1822-1913. Montgomery, James, > 1814-1871. Slaves > United States > History > 19th century. African American women abolitionists > History > 19th century. Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century. Combahee River (S.C.) > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

They called her Moses
James Montgomery
Black Dave
Department of the South
New regiments
The lowcountry
A different kind of warfare
Reaction
Myth and reality.