Harriet Tubman Raid Analysis

While reading “Harriet Tubman and the Raid at Combahee Ferry”, I realized several key factors. First off, the raid by the Union solders was such a huge success that it’s tactics were mimicked for multiple operations. Another feature to be recognized is that this raid was highly successful due to the fact that it was led by Harriet Tubman, the only escaped, woman slave to have conducted such a brilliant military operation throughout American history. The raid at Combahee Ferry proved the usefulness of black troops in combat, freed hundreds of slaves, and constructed great Union military leaders to come. The raid at Combahee Ferry was a Union movement lead by Harriet Tubman during the Civil War. Three Navy ships set off for Combahee commanded by Colonel Montgomery with Tubman in the ranks. A departing, one of the ships ran aground in St. Helena Sound, but the other two vesicles advanced. The objective of this raid was to remove mines from the river, recruit male slaves that were working in the south, and seize supplies from plantations
As a result, the Confederates who were struck by surprise from this raid, retreated to the nearby village of Green Pond. The Confederates were caught so off-guard because of endemic diseases spreading during the time. If the Confederate troops were not suffering from illness it’s questionable if the Union would have run into more detrimental obstacles. Once the Union troops were deployed, they laid waste to houses, plantations, and other Confederate accommodations. The fact that the Union was so relentless in burning peoples homes and livelihoods makes one question the sides of the Civil War. When learning about the Civil War in school, most kids are taught that the North was the good side and the South was the bad side. However, after reading this article, it is understood that both sides possessed both good and bad