Raid on Combahee Ferry

Raid on Combahee Ferry
	Part of American Civil War
	; Illustration of the Raid on Combahee River
Date	June 1–2, 1863
Location	Beaufort County, South Carolina; Colleton County, South Carolina32°39′07″N 80°40′59″W / 32.652°N 80.683°W
Result	Union victory; Approx. 800 slaves freed
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
James Montgomery; Harriet Tubman	Unknown
Units involved
2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored); 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment	Unknown Confederate forces

The Raid on Combahee Ferry (/kəmˈbiː/ kəm-BEE), also known as the Combahee River Raid, was a military operation during the American Civil War conducted on June 1 and 2, 1863, by elements of the Union Army along the Combahee River in Beaufort and Colleton counties in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Harriet Tubman, who had escaped from slavery in 1849 and guided many others to freedom, led an expedition of 150 African American soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry. The Union ships rescued and transported more than 750 former slaves freed five months earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation, many of whom joined the Union Army.