Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

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2017

WarDocumentary

5 minutes

Summary

Performed by Constance Smith, Pauline Cushman-Fryer tells us how she became a Union Spy, was almost hanged, was granted the rank of Major by Abraham Lincoln, and died lonely in San Francisco from an overdose of opium.

~ Disguised as a man in uniform, Pauline Cushman-Fryer left the theater stage to become a Union spy, playing the role of a lifetime in the deadly theater of war—only to be jailed and threatened with hanging.

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StatusReleased: 8 years ago
March 1, 2017

LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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