. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . S^SKSm*- V. COPYRIGHT, I91t, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. MAJOR PAULINE CUSHMAN, THE FEDERAL SPY WHO BARELY ESCAPED HANGING Pauline Cushman was a clever actress, and her art fitted her well to play the part (if a spy. Although anative of New Orleans, she spent much of her girlhood in the North, and was so devoted to the Union thatshe risked her life in its secret service. The Federal Government employed her first in the hunt for Southernsympathizers and spies in Louisville,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . S^SKSm*- V. COPYRIGHT, I91t, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. MAJOR PAULINE CUSHMAN, THE FEDERAL SPY WHO BARELY ESCAPED HANGING Pauline Cushman was a clever actress, and her art fitted her well to play the part (if a spy. Although anative of New Orleans, she spent much of her girlhood in the North, and was so devoted to the Union thatshe risked her life in its secret service. The Federal Government employed her first in the hunt for Southernsympathizers and spies in Louisville, and the discovery of how they managed to convey information andsupplies into the territory of the Confederacy. She performed the same work in Nashville. In May, 18G3,as Rosecrans was getting ready to drive Bragg across the Tennessee River, Miss Cushman was sent into theConfederate lines to obtain information as to the strength and location of the Army of Tennessee. She wascaptured, tried by court-martial, and sentenced to be hanged. In the hasty evacuation of Shelbyville, inthe last days of June, she was overlooked and managed to reg
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