July 19, 2012 Raynor's Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/19/2012
Maj Pauline Cushman / Spy & Scout is autographed beneath a civilian portrait on the obverse. The reverse carries an E. & H. T. Anthony, New York backmark and an imprint reading "Miss Major Pauline Cushman, The Union Spy and Scout, who was captured and sentenced to death as a Federal Spy, and was rescued at Shelbyville by the Union Army under Gen. Rosecrans." Cushman, a popular actress, easily adapted the cloak and dagger world of spycraft. She later capitalized on her war experiences in association with P. T. Barnum. VG.
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