Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

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.

Duration: 5 min
Release date: 2017-03-01
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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.

War Documentary

Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

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