The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Velazquez, Cuban Woman & Confederate Soldier

Authors

L.M. Berkowitz

ISBN

299194248

Price

$26.95

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

Abstract

Daring disguise

Loreta Janet Velasquez's service to the slave states

While it has been claimed that approximately 400 women fought in the Civil War disguised as men, very few have written their memoirs, and Loreta Velazquez's autobiography is the only one by a Confederate. While ....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.6.4.28

Recommended Citation

Berkowitz, L.M. (2004) "The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Velazquez, Cuban Woman & Confederate Soldier," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 6 : Iss. 4 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.6.4.28
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol6/iss4/28