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Woman in Battle The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazques, Cuban Woman and Confederate Soldier
by Velazquez, Loreta Janeta
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- Comments: 1. A Cuban woman who moved to Good Orleans in the 1850s and eloped with her American lover, Loreta Janeta Velazquez fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy as the cross-dressing Harry T. Buford. As Buford, she single-handedly organized an Arkansas regiment; participated in the historic battles of Bull Run, Balls Bluff, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh; romanced men and women; and eventually decided that spying as a woman better suited her Confederate cause than fighting as...
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- ISBN-13: 9780299194246
- ISBN: 0299194248
- Publication Date: 2003
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
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A Cuban woman who moved to New Orleans in the 1850s, Velazquez fought in the Civil War as the cross-dressing Harry T. Buford. She organized an Arkansas regiment, participated in historic battles and romanced men and women, but the authenticity of her account has often been questioned.Velazquez, Loreta Janeta is the author of 'Woman in Battle The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazques, Cuban Woman and Confederate Soldier', published 2003 under ISBN 9780299194246 and ISBN 0299194248.
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