Was one of your Female Ancestors like this young woman.
She was both a Confederate Solider & A Union Spy!!!
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365009966/
This is the Story of Loreta Velazquez.
Some women wrote in their diaries how they wanted to don the Uniform to fight.
She was both a Confederate Solider & A Union Spy!!!
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365009966/
This is the Story of Loreta Velazquez.
Some women wrote in their diaries how they wanted to don the Uniform to fight.
Born: June 26, 1842, Havana, Cuba
Died: 1897
Loreta Janeta Velazquez (American National Biography)
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Velazquez's adventures began with the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. According to The Woman in Battle, her first husband resigned his commission to join the Confederacy at her urging. Indeed, so great was Velazquez's martial ardor
Lyde Cullen Sizer, "Velazquez, Loreta Janeta," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-01016.html.
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