We’re @NMAAHC for 1st peek inside the #museum looking at artifacts from heroic spy Harriet Tubman!
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Harriet Tubman was not only a conductor of the Underground Railroad, but also a spy for the Union.
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The Union Army asked Tubman to gather a network of spies & was tasked with leading expeditions to gather intelligence.
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Tubman reported intel to Union officer commanding 2nd South Carolina Volunteers, a black unit involved in guerrilla warfare
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Gen. David Hunter requested Tubman personally guide a raiding party up the Combahee River.
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Tubman had key info about Confederate positions along the shore & had discovered where they placed torpedoes in the water.
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June 1, 1863: Tubman led Col. James Montgomery & men in attack, setting fires, destroying buildings, & freeing 750 slaves.
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When Harriet Tubman died in 1913, she was honored with a military funeral in recognition of work during the war.
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I need to visit!!!
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