Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits Adventures and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Valezquez Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford Confederate States Army (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits Adventures and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Valezquez Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford Confederate States Army<br><br>IF I expected by this story of my adventures to achieve any literary reputation I might be disposed on account of its many faults of style to ask the indulgence of those who will do me the honor to undertake its perusal. As however I only attempted authorship because I had as others assured me and as I myself believed something to tell that was worth telling I have been more concerned about the matter than the manner of my book and I hope that the narrative will prove of sufficient interest to compensate for a lack of literary ele gance in the setting forth. Mine has been a life too busily occupied in other matters for me to cultivate the graces of authorship; and the best I can hope to do is to relate my story with simplicity and truth and then let it find its fate whether it be praise or condemnation.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.