IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 29, 2001
Mr. Towns submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Harriet Tubman should have
been paid a pension for her service as a nurse and scout in the United
States Army during the Civil War.
Whereas during the Civil War Harriet Tubman reported to General David Hunter at
Hilton Head, South Carolina, with a letter from Governor John Andrews of
Massachusetts allowing her to serve in the Union Army;
Whereas Harriet Tubman served at Hilton Head as a nurse, scout, spy, and cook;
Whereas in the spring of 1865, Harriet Tubman worked at the Freedman's hospital
in Fortress Monroe, Virginia;
Whereas Harriet Tubman's last husband, Nelson Davis, served in the United States
Colored Infantry under Captain James S. Thompson, beginning on September
25, 1863, and was discharged on November 10, 1865;
Whereas Harriet Tubman received a pension as the spouse of a deceased veteran;
Whereas Harriet Tubman requested a pension for her own service in the Union Army
during the Civil War, but never received one;
Whereas a bill that passed the House of Representatives in 1897 during the 55th
Congress (H.R. 4982) would have required that Harriet Tubman be placed
on the pension roll of the United States for her service as a nurse in
the United States Army and paid a pension at the rate of $25 each month
instead of all other pensions;
Whereas some females who served in the military during the Civil War received a
pension for their service, including Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye and
Albert Cashier, each of whom posed as a male; and
Whereas Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia on March 10, 1913, and was buried at
Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York, with military honors: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That--
(1) the Congress recognizes that Harriet Tubman served as a
nurse and scout in the United States Army during the Civil War;
and
(2) it is the sense of the Congress that Harriet Tubman
should have been paid a pension at the rate of $25 each month
for her service in the United States Army.
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(I am doing some research and ran across this -I actually played Harriet Tubman in a play at my protestant preacher's church,(2008) he is a man of European descent and he mounted the play on the the "Ain't I a woman" narrative, for Black History week, we need more Harriets around.)
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