The woman in battle : the Civil War narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Cuban woman and Confederate soldier /
A Cuban woman who moved to New Orleans in the 1850s, Loreta Janeta Velazquez fought in the Civil War as the cross-dressing Harry T Buford. As Buford, she single-handedly organized an Arkansas regiment; participated in the historic battles of Bull Run, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh; romanced men and wome...
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| Language: | English |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©2003
Madison : [2003] |
| Series: | Wisconsin studies in autobiography
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