Filmmaker Brings Attention To A Latina Soldier Who Fought In The U.S. Civil War

fylatinamericanhistory:

nbclatino:

The U.S. military may have recently lifted the ban on women in combat, but Loreta Velazquez, a wealthy Cuban planter’s daughter who immigrated to New Orleans in 1849, secretly fought in the U.S. Civil War 150 years ago — first as a soldier in the Confederate Army, and later as a Union Army spy.

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I wrote a post about this woman last year! PBS will be airing a documentary on her life today (May 24).

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