Loreta Janeta Velázquez (06.26.1842 – c.1897), was a Cuban-born woman who masqueraded as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. She enlisted in the ConfederateArmy in 1861, w/out her soldier-husband's knowledge & fought at Bull Run, Ball's Bluff & Ft Donelson, but was discovered in New Orleans & was discharged. She reenlisted & fought at Shiloh & was unmasked again. She became a spy, working in both male & female guises. Her husband died during the war & she remarried 3 more times.
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