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THB[CIVIL WAR] Pauline Cushman, Female Union Spy & Scout
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LiveNov 22, 2025
This exclusive catalog presents a select offering from the personal collection of Alejandro "Alex" de Quesada Jr., renowned historian, author, and collector. The catalog features exceptionally rare swords, historically significant belt buckles and military insignia, original Civil War flags, and a wide range of ephemera representing pivotal moments in military history. Fleischer's Auctions info@fleischersauctions.com
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PORTRAIT OF PAULINE CUSHMAN (1833–1893), UNION SPY AND SCOUT
Albumen print on card mount, three-quarter length, Cushman in kepi and double-breasted frock with star devices at the shoulders and an infantry-style waist belt; standard CDV format, c. 1864–65. Verso titled in letterpress: “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.” Imprint “Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York,” with credit “Negative by A. Bogardus, 363 Broadway.”
An important celebrity portrait of Pauline Cushman, the actress-turned-Union operative whose capture by Confederate forces in 1863, death sentence, and dramatic rescue made her one of the war’s most publicized heroines and a rare woman to be accorded the honorary title “Miss Major.”The Anthony/Bogardus photograph offered here helped popularize her post-war lecture tours and remains one of the most desirable images of a documented female participant in the war.
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