During the Civil War (), Harriet Tubman served with the Union Army as a cook, laundress, nurse, scout, and spy behind Confederate lines In 1862, she moved to Beaufort, South Carolina (when it was occupied by the Union Army), and with several missionary teachers, helped hundreds of Sea Islander slaves transition from bondage to freedomHarriet Tubman first met John Tubman in the early 1840s on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland, back when she still went by Amarinta "Minty" Ross John Tubman had been born free and worked various temporary jobs Not much is known about their courtship but by all accounts the pair were very different from each otherHarriet Tubman created the Underground Railroad, a network of safe homes and passages for runaway slaves She knew firsthand what it felt like to be a slave and was willing to risk her freedom and even her life to help others Fun Facts Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland around 10 Her parents named her Araminta Ross and called her