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.
- Year: 2017
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: War, Documentary
- Studio: El Dorado Films, Veteran Documentary Corps
- Keyword: civil war, spy, opium, veteran, abraham lincoln, union army, brevet major
- Director: Allyce Ondricka
- Cast: Pauline Cushman-Fryer, Constance Smith