sartorialadventure:fashionsfromhistory:Actress & Union Spy Pauline Cushman by the Mathew Bra
sartorialadventure:fashionsfromhistory:Actress & Union Spy Pauline Cushman by the Mathew Brady Studio, 1864 (National Portrait Gallery) Pauline Cushman is considered one of the most successful Civil War spies. For her service, she was awarded the rank of brevet major by General James A. Garfield, and made an honorary major by President Abraham Lincoln. At her death, Cushman was buried with full military honors. List of female American Civil War soldiers (We have always fought.) -- source link