disappearing mysteriously, but Tubman herself was never suspected; the slave owners believed that a white male abolitionist from the north must be responsible. The most dramatic incident in Tubman’s career was the Combahee River Raid in 1863. Due to her unique knowledge of navigating marshland terrain, she had for some time been a spy for the Union army, passing information to General James Montgomery, mapping regions of the South, and preparing slaves to stand ready for a signal to revolt. Tubman navigated three
