Harriet Tubman has been posthumously recognized as a one-star brigadier general in Maryland’s National Guard. At a ceremony on Veterans Day, officials in the abolitionist’s home state honored her military service during the Civil War.

A crowd gathered at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park in Maryland, for a ceremony to honor Tubman's legacy and officially commission her as a one-star general.

This Veterans Day, the Maryland National Guard and Governor Wes Moore posthumously commissioned Harriet Tubman as a one-star general in the Maryland Army National Guard.

While many learned about Tubman's work freeing enslaved people, her sophisticated military service often goes untold in history classes.

Harriet Tubman was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard on Monday in recognition of her service.

She led a Union Army raid during the Civil War according to U.S. Army historians. The raid freed more than 750 enslaved people.

My daughter, now in the fifth grade, has loved Harriet Tubman since the first grade, when she began reading books on her own. She loved reading about how Harriet returned multiple times to lead other slaves to freedom as well,

Harriet Tubman was a spy, a nurse, an abolitionist and, most importantly, a military leader who guided Union soldiers during the Civil War. Her resilience and wartime contributions were honored at a Veterans Day ceremony on Monday.