The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-01-16
WEDNESDAY, JAN. IS, 1889.
PAULINE CUSHMAN.
HOW THE FEMALE CONFEDERATE
SPY REPAID = FAVOR DONE HER.

One OF Gen. Rosacrans' star oficers Tell
How He Saved an Indiscreet Actress
and of Her Return of the Compliment
at a serIous Moment.
Said Capt Henry Bush, the well known
artist, who was typographical engineer on
the staff of Gen. Rosecrans in the Army OF
the Cumberland to reporter:
1T was in the autumn of 1872 continued
the old typographical engineer, Eat Louisville
where first saw the woman who was after
ward to como into my life in the most unex-
peeted way. was then an officer in the
FIRST Ohio cavalry, and the colonel Of the
regiment, the adjutant and myself one night
attended the theatre In which Pauline Cush.
man was playing an engagement. During
the performance and near the close the actress
came down to the footlights and drank a
toast to JEFF Davis. The act was foolhardy
one, but eminently characteristic Of Cush-
man. The result was just about what
might have been expected, considering that
the house was more than half full of soldiers,
"The insult was instantly resented and a
tremendous uproar and row followed. More
than score of men made a rush for the
stage, and the entire audience was up and
yelling. Our party were In box and took
In the situation at a glance. The soldiers
were furious, and the sex Of the actress would
not have saved her from violence, had we
not Jumped upon the stage to her rescue
While the colonel and adjutant were endeav-
orlng to quiet the angry, surging mob with
speeches, l threw cloak over Miss Cushman,
and hurrying TO the stage door, bundled her
into waiting hack and had her safe in the
Louisville hotel before the crowd knew she
was out Of the theatre OF course the woman
was pretty badly scared, and after it was all |
over realized keenly the peril her foolish act |
brought her. She was profuse in her thanks
for the service rendered her, and promised, as
long as would listen, that she would repay
the Obligation 1t mattefed not when or where
the opportunity offered i
THE next morning We were ordered to the
front, and ] saw nothing more of Pauline
Cushman, although | often heard she had
turned Confederate spy, and that she was
serving with the Confederate forces, with
whom we were almost daily battling. After
the engagement at Stone River, Gen. Rose
Grams, to whose staff | had been assigned,
made headquarters at Winchester Tenn. We
occupied the Mary Sharp college building for
some time, during which contracted typhoid
fever, and became so Ill that | was removed
TO boarding house kept by man by the
name OF Day, which was just across the
street from my old quarters. had scarcely
begun convalescing when tho army was or
tered forward, the objective point being
Chicamauga. was still too sick to 60 with
The staff, but IL | remained in Winchester tho
hanger Of being gobbled by Confederate
guerrillas was great, as the woods surround
ng the town were full Of them, only await
ng the onward movement OF the Union
roops to sweep down upon the village and
ievastate 1t, but there was no help for h 10
he opinion OF the surgeon, | was stfil to4
weak to be removed in an ambulance. and II