Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12
served n company of soldiers, bringing

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with them a corpse upon n litter. We
inquired who it was and was told 1t
was our lady friends lieutenant lover,
whom they were returning to his
sweetheart. He had been she while
trying to escape from one OF our sharp
shooters, rear a house upon the York
River shore. where his father had re-
sided. and - . negro informed the
soldiers, his mother and sister were at
the house where we had been in con
versation with the ladies', one of whom
was his sister and the other his sweet
heart. His mothrr we did not sec. but
our soldiers. upon receiving orders,
We're carrying him to be buried. Our
feelings can better be imagined than
described. We did not mar the sor-
row OF the relatives by stopping TO wit
rcSs tn" re, option of the h"dy.'-Nlrs
-. Il, Wirt> Scrap Book.
SIZE Wa II ni0 spy.
Mrs. Paudrr Flyer, well known in
army circles rs "NIa.>:" Pauline Cush.
lIlll, tin" | SION spa. ROW living in san
francisco. has N lnSt received Il very
limited ~Irr"2Hiti"n from the govern
mcnt. After many years Of pri>Ation
and want 81" received a small pension
for the services Of her first husband.
Charles {. Dickinson, who died early
in the war. .Mairr' CuehmAu NOW
,>,rc'> I" have to Spr,Iu nearly all of
the uIrnrS she has thus received In
an attempt to get an appropriation bill
thruu IN CONGRESS- for the services which
,hr herself gay" to the federal rduSc.
She is SriiI drumWdrut and very poor.
I!rr small remuneration being almost
uII>urI'rl toy the claims necessarily in
Crrrrd tn get the pension at all. In
lfvr pension she WAS obliged by poverty
+" waive TN" right of one child. as she
could not wait for the time 70 pass UNI
til she could prove tn" rhild's rights.
The story of the life and services OF
Major Pauline C%uShnAn is we'll known
10 Union soldiers She was born ut
New orleans in 1896, married Charles
{. Dickinson and was left a widow
after The war commenced, her
husband dl ing III the Union army. She
went upon the stage and at IOuiSVill"
in 1SG2 fell under suspicion of the fed
rrnl authorities. 1t happened in the
play OF THE Seven Sisters" in which
Pauline Cushman, in military uniform,
drank Il toast to the Union. COnfed-
crate officers in the city offered her
$500 to drink to jeff Davis and the
COnfeueraCy." Being brought
before Gen. Boyle a few days later
size told Of the offer made to her to
cXun,ratc herself. Gen. Boyle saw an
opportunity to secure a clever and elf
female spy. He closed an agree
m~nt with Pauline Cushman, and she
then accepted the $500 Confederate Of
r"r. She drank the toast and WAS driv-
III from the city as q southern sympa-
thizpr. At Nashville she repeated the
toast ncrfOrmHnce and was sent into
cnemy'S lines" Her own brother
Was in the Confederate army. To him
she went and secured the desired infor-
While returning to the federal
forces she was detected and taken to
FORESTS headquarters. She was
imprisoned rs a spy and was prostrat-
81 in Jail with a fever She eventually
to Louisville with much valua-
bic information, but her health was
broken down.
Gen. Garfield wrote to President Lin
coin of her and Lincoln promised that
he should be properly rewarded. He
warmly Endorsed her title of 'majOr.'
The President said of her that her
were of inestimable value to
he Union forces Lincoln was assas-
;lnated and Major CuShman's best
was gone. She has beer neglect
ID and almost forgotten since. After
he war Major Cushman came to Cali
'Ornia, and often delivered lectures in
'arious cities here for the benefit of
he charitable institutions. She has al
ways beer much more generous t 9th
RS than to herself.
Major Cushman, or now Mrs. Fryer.
smiled c~heerfully through the tale Of
Ter hardslips, striving to conceal with
ride her dependent condition and the
ow cbb Of her finances. The lines Of
determination In her face tell of the
moral courage that sent her through a
rying ordeal for her country, and they
ell as plainly as she can herself that
he will b~ravely continue her fight for
reward she believes the United
states owes her for her work In OBJ
aiming information from the Confeder-
ties.