THE WOMAN IN BATTLE:
A NARRATIVE OF THE
Exploits Adventures and Travels
OF
MADAME LORETA JANETA VELAZQUEZ,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
LIEUTENANT HARRY T. BUFORD,
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY.
IN WHICH IS GIVEN
Full Descriptions of the numerous Battles in which she participated as a Confederate
Officer; of her Perilous Performances as a Spy, as a Bearer of Despatches, as
a Secret-Service Agent, and as a Blockade-Runner; of her Adventures
Behind the Scenes at Washington, including the Bond Swindle;
of her Career as a Bounty and Substitute Broker in New York;
of her Travels in Europe and South America; her Mining
Adventures on the Pacific Slope; her Residence
among the Mormons; her Love Affairs,
Courtships, Marriages, &c., &c.
EDITED BY
C. J. WORTHINGTON,
LATE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
Command the trumpets of the war to sound!
This stillness doth perplex and harass me;
An inward impulse drives me from repose,
It still impels me to achieve my work.
Schiller—The Maid of Orleans.
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED
HARTFORD:
T, BELKNAP
1876.
