The Tubman Command centers around Harriet Tubman as she scouts and helps guide a raid on plantations in the Sea Islands area of South Carolina during a time when Union spirits were low in the Civil War. Cobbs does an excellent job of building the setting and using historical documents to describe an actual event; putting Tubman in a lead role and surrounding her with other people that were part of the fight to end slavery. She also manages to somehow pull off both a stoical and emotional telling of the hardships that slaves faced - never getting too maudlin, but instead forcing you to realize the atrocities these people faced and how they had to face them with their heads held high, when many of us today would break if we faced something similar. While there are moments where I wished that I could "know" Harriet better, the author draws attention to what was likely a challenge for the real life woman. Could she be a symbol to people, and still at heart be her own person?