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Rebel

0% | May 29, 2013 | Documentary, History

Shrouded in mystery and long the subject of debate, the amazing story of Loreta Velazquez is one of the Civil War’s most gripping forgotten narratives. While the U.S. military may have recently lifted the ban on women in combat, Loreta Janeta Velazquez, a Cuban immigrant from New Orleans, was fighting in battle 150 years ago — one of an estimated 1,000 women who secretly served as soldiers during the American Civil War. Who was she? Why did she fight? And what made her so dangerous she has been virtually erased from history?

Featured Crew

Maria Agui Carter
Director
Maria Agui Carter
Writer

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Romi Dias
Loreta Janeta Velazquez
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Isabel Carter
Loreta Janeta Velazquez (child)

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