Rebel : Loreta Velazquez, secret soldier of the American Civil War / a co-production of Iguana Films, LLC and ITVS in asosciation with WPBT/Miami and Latino Public Broadcasting ; written and directed by MarĂa Agui Carter.
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[United States] : PBS Distribution, 2013.
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New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials
In 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, a teenager from New Orleans headed to the front lines. Under the alias Harry T. Buford, he fought at First Bull Run, was wounded at Shiloh, and served as a Confederate spy. By 1863, Buford was working for the Union. But Buford harbored a secret he was really Loreta Velazquez, a Cuban immigrant from New Orleans.