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Loreta Janeta Velazquez

(Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, 1842-1923)

Loreta Janeta Velázquez (c.1842 – 1923) was an American woman who wrote that she had masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. The book she wrote about her experiences says that after her soldier husband's accidental death, she enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1861. She then fought at Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, and Fort Donelson, but was discharged when her sex was discovered while in New Orleans. Undeterred, she reenlisted and fought at Shiloh, until unmasked once more. She then became a Confederate spy, working in both male and female guises, and as a double agent also reporting to the U.S. Secret Service. She remarried three more times, being widowed in each instance. (From Wikipedia)

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Worthington, C. J.

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Books about Loreta Janeta Velazquez:

Filed under: Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, 1842-1923

Women Adventurers (London: T. F. Unwin, 1893), by Ménie Muriel Dowie (page images at Harvard)
The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army (Richmond, VA: Dustin, Gilman and Co., 1876), by Loreta Janeta Velazquez, ed. by C. J. Worthington
- illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
- page images at HathiTrust
The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army (Hartford: T. Belknap, 1876), by Loreta Janeta Velazquez, ed. by C. J. Worthington
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust

Books by Loreta Janeta Velazquez:

Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, 1842-1923: The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army (Richmond, VA: Dustin, Gilman and Co., 1876), ed. by C. J. Worthington
- illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
- page images at HathiTrust
Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, 1842-1923: The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army (Hartford: T. Belknap, 1876), ed. by C. J. Worthington
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust

Additional books by Loreta Janeta Velazquez in the extended shelves:

Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, 1842-1923: The story of the Civil War (H.W. Hagemann, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, 1842-1923: The woman in battle: a narrative of the exploits, adventures, and travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez (Arno Press, 1972) (page images at HathiTrust)
Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, 1842-1923: The Woman in battle : a narrative of the exploits, adventures, and travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, otherwise known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford Confederate States Army ... (Hartford : T. Belknap, 1876., 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)

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