“I was, despite my Spanish ancestry, an American, heart and soul.”

Loreta Velazquez
“War fare inevitably breeds corruption”

Loreta Velazquez
“A woman labors to fight her own way in the world, and yet, she can often do things that a man cannot.”

Loreta Velazquez
“My career has differed from that of most women. Some things I have done have shocked persons for whom I have every respect.”

Loreta Velazquez
“The way to keep a secret, is not to tell it to anybody.”

Loreta Velazquez
“What a fearful thing this human slaughtering was.”

Loreta Velazquez

Elizabeth D. Leonard

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Dr. Leonard is a Professor of history and the director of women’s studies at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She is the author of Yankee Women: Gender Battles in the Civil War and All The Daring of The Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies, which features a chapter of new research and analysis on Velazquez.

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Elizabeth D. Leonard

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