Loreta Janeta Velázquez: Cuban Confederate Soldier

By Ash Imery-Garcia

Lieutenant Harry T. Buford was a respected Confederate soldier who fought in four major battles during the Civil War and later became a double agent spying for the Southern cause. However, Lieutenant Buford was actually Loreta Janeta Velazquez! Velazquez was a Cuban woman living in New Orleans, who disguised herself as a man in order to experience freedoms otherwise unattainable to her. This captivating book explores her unconventional life as a soldier, a spy, and a Latina in the American South who lived life on her own terms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508185166
• ISBN13: 9781508185161
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Rosen Central
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8