Raid on Combahee Ferry

Raid on Combahee Ferry
	Part of Raid on Combahee Ferry
	; Illustration of the Raid on Combahee River
Date	June 1–2, 1863
Location	Beaufort County, South Carolina; Colleton County, South Carolina32°39′07″N 80°40′59″W / 32.652°N 80.683°W
Result	Union victory; Approx. 800 slaves freed
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
	Col. James Montgomery Harriet Tubman
Units involved
	2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored)

The Raid on Combahee Ferry (/kəmˈbiː/ kəm-BEE,^[2] also known as the Combahee River Raid) was a military operation during the American Civil War conducted on June 1 and June 2, 1863, by elements of the Union Army along the Combahee River in Beaufort and Colleton counties in the South Carolina Lowcountry.^[3]

Harriet Tubman, who had escaped from slavery in 1849 and guided many others to freedom, led an expedition of 150 African American soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry.^[4] The Union ships rescued and transported more than 750 former slaves freed five months earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation, many of whom joined the Union Army.

^ Linger, Megan (December 10, 2020). "Harriet Tubman and the 54th Massachusetts". Boston African American National Historic Site. National Park Service.
^ Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition (Merriam-Webster, 1997; ISBN 0877795460)
^ Official Records, Series 1, Volume 14. p. 306.
^ "The Combahee Ferry Raid". National Museum of African American History and Culture. May 10, 2017.

[1] Linger, Megan (December 10, 2020). "Harriet Tubman and the 54th Massachusetts". Boston African American National Historic Site. National Park Service.

[2] Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition (Merriam-Webster, 1997; ISBN 0877795460)

[3] Official Records, Series 1, Volume 14. p. 306.

[4] "The Combahee Ferry Raid". National Museum of African American History and Culture. May 10, 2017.

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