On this day in 1892, Harriet Tubman received a pension from Congress for her work as a nurse, spy, and scout during the Civil War. In the summer of 1865, according to the Harriet Tubman Historical Society; Compensation for Civil War Services
In the summer of 1865 Harriet Tubman returned home to Auburn, New York from Virginia where she was serving in a…www.harriet-tubman.org “In the summer of 1865 Harriet Tubman returned home to Auburn, New York…