# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/loreta-janeta-velazquez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:14:40.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/loreta-janeta-velazquez"
name: "Loreta Janeta Velazquez"
slug: "loreta-janeta-velazquez"
description: "Loreta Janeta Velázquez was an American woman who wrote that she had masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. The book she wrote about her experiences says that after her soldier husband's accidental death, she enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1861. She then fought at Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, and Fort Donelson, but was discharged when her sex was discovered while in New Orleans. Undeterred, she reenlisted and fought at Shiloh, until unmasked once more. She then became a Confederate spy, working in both male and female guises, and as a double agent also reporting to the U.S. Secret Service. She remarried three more times, being widowed in each instance."
tagline: "American spy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_woman_in_battle_-_Madam_Velasquez_In_Female_Attire.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1841"
deathDate: "1897"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.950253333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loreta_Janeta_Vel%C3%A1zquez"
    title: "Loreta Janeta Velázquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loreta_Janeta_Vel%C3%A1zquez"
    title: "Loreta Janeta Velázquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loreta_Janeta_Vel%C3%A1zquez"
    title: "Loreta Janeta Velázquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loreta_Janeta_Vel%C3%A1zquez"
    title: "Loreta Janeta Velázquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6680889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump