Getting Free Down By The Combahee Riverside: A Black Feminist Pilgrimage by Amber Williams On June 2nd 1863 Harriet Tubman positioned herself as the first woman to serve as a military operative for the United States Union Army to coordinate and execute the Combahee River Raid during the Civil War.  She  arrived in South Carolina … Continue reading Getting Free Down By The Combahee Riverside: A Black Feminist Pilgrimage