Loreta
Janeta Velazquez a.k.a. "Lieutenant Harry Buford" was a Cuban woman who
masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War. She
enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, without her soldier-husband's
knowledge. She fought at Bull Run, Ball's Bluff and Fort Donelson, but
her gender was discovered while in New Orleans and she was discharged.
Undeterred, she reenlisted and fought at Shiloh, until unmasked once
more. She then became a spy, working in both male and female guises.