Pauline Cushman, American Actress
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Pauline Cushman, American Actress
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Pauline Cushman (June 10, 1833 – December 2, 1893) was an American actress and a spy for the Union Army during the American Civil War. By fraternizing with rebel military commanders, she managed to conceal battle plans and drawings in her shoes, but was caught twice in 1864 and brought before Confederate General Braxton Bragg, tried by a military court, and sentenced to death by hanging. Though she was already ill, she acted worse off than she was. The Confederates had to postpone her execution. Cushman was spared hanging by the invasion of the area by Union troops. She is considered one of the most successful Civil War spies. Abraham Bogardus, 1864 (cropped and cleaned).
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