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The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazques, Cuban Woman and Confederate Soldier
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Artikel-Nr:
9780299194246
Veröffentl:
2003
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.09.2003
Seiten:
606
Autor:
Loreta Janeta Velazquez
Gewicht:
848 g
Format:
217x140x41 mm
Serie:
Wisconsin Studies in Autobiogr
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Jesse Alemán is assistant professor of English at the University of New Mexico.
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 women; and eventually decided that spying as a woman better suited her cause. In the North, she was posed as a double agent and worked to traffic information, drugs, and counterfeit bills to support the Confederate cause. Originally published in 1876, Velazquez's seemingly impossible account has divided scholars, some believing this book to be a generally honest autobiography and others believing it to be mostly fiction.