Combahee River, South Carolina

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river

Combahee River in South Carolina is a historically significant river known for Revolutionary War skirmishes and Civil War-era military actions, including those involving figures like John Laurens and Harriet Tubman.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Combahee River	2
Combahee River watershed	1
Combahee River, South Carolina canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
associatedWith	2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (African Descent) NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Colored Troops NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle	Battle of Combahee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Raid at Combahee Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatant	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Beaufort County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Colleton County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Hampton County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossedBy	CSX Transportation rail line near Yemassee NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of Black resistance due to Harriet Tubman–led raid ⓘ
dateOfEvent	June 2–3, 1863 (Combahee River Raid) ⓘ
ecosystem	freshwater wetlands ⓘ salt marsh ⓘ tidal estuary ⓘ
flowsInto	St. Helena Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy	confluence of the Salkehatchie River and Little Salkehatchie River ⓘ
hasEtymologyLanguage	Cusabo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Sea Islands region NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUse	slave-labor rice plantation system ⓘ transportation route for rice and other agricultural products ⓘ
inspired	Combahee River Collective (Black feminist organization) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	American Civil War military operations ⓘ American Revolutionary War skirmishes ⓘ tidal rice plantations ⓘ
locatedIn	Lowcountry NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ
mouthOf	St. Helena Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Kusso (Combahee) Native American people NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Walterboro, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemassee, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Colonel James Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ Harriet Tubman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Laurens NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	ACE Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedArea	ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge vicinity NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultOfEvent	destruction of Confederate rice plantations (Combahee River Raid) ⓘ liberation of more than 700 enslaved people (Combahee River Raid) ⓘ
significantEvent	Combahee River Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	boating ⓘ fishing ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ waterfowl hunting ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Laurens → deathPlace → Combahee River, South Carolina ⓘ

Combahee River Collective → namedAfter → Combahee River, South Carolina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Combahee River

ACE Basin (part) → partOfHydrologicalSystem → Combahee River, South Carolina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Combahee River watershed

Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge → locatedOn → Combahee River, South Carolina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Combahee River