Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy
2017
5 min
English
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.
$25,000
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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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- El Dorado Films, Veteran Documentary Corps
Keywords
- civil war
- spy
- opium
- veteran
- abraham lincoln
- union army
- brevet major
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Pauline Cushman-Fryer as Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer
Constance Smith as Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer
Top Crew
Allyce Ondricka · Director
Sreang Hok · Editor
Daniel L. Bernardi · Producer
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