| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 60 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by María Agui Carter. |
| Cast |
Romi Dias (Loreta Velazquez as an adult), Isabel Carter (Loreta Velazquez as an child). |
| Performer |
Narrator, Llewellyn Smith. |
| 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 |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, 1842-1923.
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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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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Loreta Velazquez, secret soldier of the American Civil War |
| Music No. |
MWT11387682 |
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