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.
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.