The woman in battle
Subtitle: a narrative of the exploits, adventures, and travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, otherwise known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army
By: Velazquez, Loreta Janeta
Contributors: Worthington, C. J.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Women spies; Biography; Spies; Secret service; History; Female Participation; Women; Military life; Confederate Personal narratives
Description: "...Full description of the numerous battles in which she participated as a Confederate Officer; of her perilous performances as a spy, as a bearer of despatches, as a secret service agent, and as a blockade-runner; of her adventures behind the scenes at Washington, including the bond swindle; of her career as a bounty and substitute broker in New York; of her travels in Europe and South America; her mining adventures on the Pacific slope; her residence among the Mormons; her love affairs, courtships, marriages, &c., &c." &c."
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The electronic edition is a part of the UNC-CH digitization project, Documenting the American South, Beginnings to 1920.

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Transcribed from: 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 / edited by C.J. Worthington. Richmond, VA : Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1876. 606 p. : ill., ports., maps ; 23 cm.

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