Harriet Tubman's Civil War Service Documented, Recognition Campaign Begins

Sarah Bradford publishes 'Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman' to help Tubman — who had served as a Union spy, scout, and the only woman to lead an armed military raid in the Civil War (the Combahee River Raid, 1863, freeing 700 enslaved people) — raise money for herself and family. The book begins the historical record of Tubman's extraordinary military and liberation work.