02-07-2025
How Harriet Tubman led Civil War spies — and earned her military honors
Edda L. Fields-Black is the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, and the author of 'Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.' Kate Clifford Larson is the author of 'Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero.'
Harriet Tubman never formally enlisted in the U.S. military. She was a war hero nonetheless.
