| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 60 min.)) : sound, color |
| Performer |
Narrator, Llewellyn Smith. |
| Credits |
Directed by Maria Agui Carter. |
| Summary |
At the outset of the American Civil War, Loreta Janeta Velazquez, an educated Cuban born teenager, fought as an officer in the battle of First Bull Run, was wounded at Shiloh, and served as a secret agent for the Confederacy. By 1863, Velazquez was spying for the Union. She chafed against the gender and race restrictions of her time, and her 1876 memoir, A Woman in Battle, caused a sensation |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Women soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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Women spies -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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Cubans -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Immigrant.
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| Added Author |
Carter, Maria Agui, television producer, television director, screenwriter.
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Lindsay, Calvin A., television producer.
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Smith, Llewellyn, narrator.
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Dias, Romi, actor.
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Carter, Isabel (Isabel Taysin), actor.
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Schneider, Bernice, editor of moving image work.
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Aponte-Rios, Miguelángel, 1971- director of photography.
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Massey, Rob (Robert L.), director of photography.
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Vlacos, Alex, director of photography.
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Gonzalez, Joseph Julian, 1963- composer (expression)
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| Added Title |
Loreta Velazquez, secret soldier of the American Civil War |
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hoopla (Digital media service)
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| Music No. |
MWT11387682 |
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