Loreta Janeta Velazquez

 

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When the American Civil War broke out, Velazquez, a Cuban immigrant who grew up in New Orleans, disguised herself as a man to fight as a Confederate soldier, then spied as a double agent for the Union. Contemporary research shows she was one of about a thousand women soldiers who fought in the Civil War.

Source:  http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2013/03/part-i-rebel-loreta-janeta-velazquez-civil-war-soldier-and-spy.html

 

Additional Resources:

 

http://www.texasescapes.com/MaggieVanOstrand/Confederate-Soldier-in-Texas-Full-Metal-Corset.htm

 

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/loreta-janeta-velazquez.html

 

http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/velazquez/summary.html

 

Loreta's thoughts on slavery:

http://m.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/loreta-velazquez-the-secret-soldier-of-the-civil-war/Content?oid=2248991