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Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy
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Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

Mar 1, 2017
0h 5m
★ 0.0

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.

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.

Genres

War
Documentary

Production Companies

El Dorado Films
Veteran Documentary Corps

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Cast

Pauline Cushman-Fryer

Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer

Pauline Cushman-Fryer

Constance Smith

Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer

Constance Smith