Loreta Velasquez re-enlisted and fought at the Battle of Shiloh until rediscovered. According to her controversial biography and the confirmation of others, she fought fearlessly at the Battles of Bull Run, Ball’s Bluff and Fort Donelson, but was detected in New Orleans and discharged. Buford, enlisting in 1860 without her soldier-husband’s knowledge. During the Civil War, she masqueraded as a Confederate soldier using the name of Lt. Hispanics were especially instrumental in protecting the Southwest against Confederate advances, most notably in California, Arizona and New Mexico.Ī very unusual historical figure was a woman named Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who was born in Cuba. Most Hispanics were integrated into the regular Army or volunteer units, although some served in predominantly Hispanic units with their own officers. Like other ethnic groups of Americans, Hispanics were divided in their loyalties, fighting heroically for both the Union and Confederate armies.
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