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The woman in battle : a narrative of the exploits, adventures, and travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, otherwise known as Lieutenant Harry T. Bufford, Confederate States Army /
Loreta Janeta Velazquez was the daughter of a Spanish official living in Cuba. As a young girl she was sent to school in New Orleans, where she ran away and married a U.S. Army officer. After the outbreak of the war, she persuaded her husband to renounce his commission and to join the Confederate fo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library,
2017.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; About This Edition; Summary; AUTHOR'S PREFATORY NOTICE.; EDITOR'S PREFATORY NOTICE.; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD.; CHAPTER II. MARRIAGE.; CHAPTER III. ASSUMING MALE ATTIRE.; CHAPTER IV. DISGUISED AS A CONFEDERATE OFFICER.; CHAPTER V. RECRUITING.; CHAPTER VI. A WIDOW.; CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN.; CHAPTER VIII. AFTER THE BATTLE.; CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF BALL'S BLUFF.; CHAPTER X. FIRST EXPERIENCES AS A SPY.; CHAPTER XI. IN WASHINGTON.; CHAPTER XII. ACTING AS MILITARY CONDUCTOR.; CHAPTER XIII. A MERRY-MAKING.; CHAPTER XIV. THE FALL OF FORT DONELSON.
- CHAPTER XV. DETECTION AND ARREST IN NEW ORLEANS. CHAPTER XVI. AN UNFORTUNATE LOVE AFFAIR.; CHAPTER XVII. THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.; CHAPTER XVIII. WOUNDED.; CHAPTER XIX. THE CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS, AND BUTLER'S ADMINISTRATION.; CHAPTER XX. A VISIT TO HAVANA.; CHAPTER XXI. A DIFFICULTY WITH BUTLER.-ESCAPE FROM NEW ORLEANS.; CHAPTER XXII. CARRYING DESPATCHES.; CHAPTER XXIII. UNDER ARREST AGAIN.; CHAPTER XXIV. RUNNING THROUGH THE FEDERAL LINES.; CHAPTER XXV. THE MILITARY SECRET SERVICE.-RETURN FROM A SPYING EXPEDITION.; CHAPTER XXVI. IN THE HOSPITAL.; CHAPTER XXVII. A STRANGE STORY OF TRUE LOVE.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. AGAIN A WIFE AND AGAIN A WIDOW. CHAPTER XXIX. IN THE CONFEDERATE SECRET SERVICE.; CHAPTER XXX. ON DUTY AS A SPY.; CHAPTER XXXI. SENDING INFORMATION TO THE CONFEDERATES FROM MEMPHIS.; CHAPTER XXXII. FORREST'S GREAT RAID.-GOING NORTH ON A MISSION OF MERCY.; CHAPTER XXXIII. SECRET SERVICE DUTY AT THE NORTH.; CHAPTER XXXIV. PLAYING A DOUBLE GAME.; CHAPTER XXXV. VISIT TO RICHMOND AND CANADA.; CHAPTER XXXVI. ARRANGEMENTS FOR A WESTERN TRIP.; CHAPTER XXXVII. JOHNSON'S ISLAND.-PREPARATIONS FOR AN ATTACK ON THE FEDERAL REAR.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. IN THE INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL.-FAILURE OF THE PROJECTED RAID. CHAPTER XXXIX. BLOCKADE-RUNNING.; CHAPTER XL. AN ATTACK ON THE FEDERAL TREASURY.; CHAPTER XLI. COUNTERFEITING AND BOGUS BOND SPECULATIONS.; CHAPTER XLII. BOUNTY-JUMPING.; CHAPTER XLIII. THE SURRENDER OF LEE.; CHAPTER XLIV. THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, AND END OF THE WAR.; CHAPTER XLV. A TOUR THROUGH EUROPE.; CHAPTER XLVI. SOUTH AMERICAN EXPEDITION.; CHAPTER XLVII. VENEZUELA.; CHAPTER XLVIII. DEMERARA, TRINIDAD, BARBADOES, AND ST. LUCIA; CHAPTER XLIX. ST. THOMAS AND CUBA.; CHAPTER L. ACROSS THE CONTINENT.