The October 20th Myrtle Beach Sun News had an article by Meghann Ackerman on the dedication of the US-17 bridge over the Combahee River as the Harriet Tubman Bridge.
Most people know her as a former slave who escaped to the North and was very active in the freedom of slaves after that.
I didn't know that she spent several years in Beaufort County, SC, working with newly freed slaves. She went along with Union forces in an expedition that became known as the Combahee Ferry Raid or Combahee River Raid which occurred on June 2, 1863.
This attack by two Union warships caused the destruction of several plantations and freedom of some 750 slaves.
State Representative Kenneth Hodges said, "Some say she may have led it; there are others who say it was inspired by her. It freed 750 slaves. I think it is a phenomenal pursuit.
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
