Actress and spy, born in New Orleans and became a variety actress. She offered her services to the United States government in the Civil War, and was for some time engaged as a military spy. She enabled the government to foil the plans of Southern sympathizers, and several times passed through the lines and secured information of the movements of Confederate troops. Once she was captured and condemned to be hanged, but escaped and rejoined the Union army. She was popularly known by the soldiers as Major Cushing.
