Combahee River Raid

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American Civil War military operation Union Army operation raid

The Combahee River Raid was an 1863 Civil War military operation in South Carolina, led in part by Harriet Tubman, that freed more than 700 enslaved people from plantations along the Combahee River.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Combahee River Raid canonical	3
Raid at Combahee Ferry	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10264112 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Combahee River Raid
Context triple: [Combahee River Collective, namedAfter, Combahee River Raid]

A. Holly Springs Raid
The Holly Springs Raid was a Confederate cavalry attack during the American Civil War in December 1862 that destroyed Union supply lines in Mississippi and forced General Ulysses S. Grant to abandon his first overland campaign against Vicksburg.
B. Danbury Raid
The Danbury Raid was a 1777 British expedition during the American Revolutionary War that targeted and destroyed Continental Army supplies in Danbury, Connecticut, prompting subsequent clashes with American forces.
C. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
D. Battle of Liberty Place
The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.
E. Dade’s Massacre
Dade’s Massacre was an 1835 ambush by Seminole warriors on U.S. troops in Florida that helped ignite the Second Seminole War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Combahee River Raid
Target entity description: The Combahee River Raid was an 1863 Civil War military operation in South Carolina, led in part by Harriet Tubman, that freed more than 700 enslaved people from plantations along the Combahee River.

A. Holly Springs Raid
The Holly Springs Raid was a Confederate cavalry attack during the American Civil War in December 1862 that destroyed Union supply lines in Mississippi and forced General Ulysses S. Grant to abandon his first overland campaign against Vicksburg.
B. Danbury Raid
The Danbury Raid was a 1777 British expedition during the American Revolutionary War that targeted and destroyed Continental Army supplies in Danbury, Connecticut, prompting subsequent clashes with American forces.
C. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
D. Battle of Liberty Place
The Battle of Liberty Place was an 1874 violent insurrection in New Orleans in which the white supremacist White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.
E. Dade’s Massacre
Dade’s Massacre was an 1835 ambush by Seminole warriors on U.S. troops in Florida that helped ignite the Second Seminole War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War military operation ⓘ Union Army operation ⓘ raid ⓘ
aftermath	Hundreds of freed people joined the Union war effort ⓘ Significant blow to Confederate economy in the South Carolina Lowcountry ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) ⓘ linked to: United States of America
commander	Harriet Tubman ⓘ James Montgomery ⓘ linked to: James E. Montgomery
commandRoleOfHarrietTubman	Guide for Union gunboats through mined and obstructed waters ⓘ Scout and intelligence leader ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	1863-06-02 ⓘ
destroyed	Confederate rice stores ⓘ Plantation infrastructure along the Combahee River ⓘ
endDate	1863-06-03 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	Demonstrated the military value of Black troops and Black intelligence networks ⓘ Key episode in the life and legend of Harriet Tubman ⓘ
inspired	Combahee River Collective ⓘ
location	Combahee River ⓘ linked to: Combahee River, South Carolina South Carolina ⓘ
militaryBranch	Union Army ⓘ
notableFeature	One of the largest single liberation actions of enslaved people in the American Civil War ⓘ Planned and guided in part by Harriet Tubman ⓘ
numberOfPeopleFreed	>700 ⓘ
objective	Destroy Confederate rice plantations and infrastructure ⓘ Disrupt Confederate supply lines in South Carolina Lowcountry ⓘ Liberate enslaved people from plantations along the Combahee River ⓘ
opponent	Confederate local militia ⓘ Confederate plantation owners ⓘ
participant	2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (African Descent) ⓘ 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery ⓘ Harriet Tubman ⓘ
partOf	Union operations in the Department of the South ⓘ
relatedTo	Emancipation during the American Civil War ⓘ Harriet Tubman ⓘ Underground Railroad ⓘ linked to: Underground Railroad routes
result	Union victory ⓘ
river	Combahee River ⓘ linked to: Combahee River, South Carolina
startDate	1863-06-02 ⓘ
state	South Carolina ⓘ
supportedBy	Union Navy gunboats ⓘ linked to: Union Navy
tactic	Riverine raid using gunboats ⓘ Use of intelligence gathered from enslaved and formerly enslaved people ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year	1863 ⓘ