Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

Name: Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: 2017-03-01
Duration: 5 min
Cast: Pauline Cushman-Fryer, Constance Smith

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.

March 1, 2017 0h 5m ★ 0.0 (0 votes)

WarDocumentary

Overview

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.

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