Albert Cashier
| Albert D. J. Cashier | |
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(November, 1864)
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| Birth name | Jennie Irene Hodgers |
| Born |
December 25, 1843 Clogherhead, County Louth, Ireland |
| Died | October 10, 1915 (aged 71) Saunemin, Illinois, U.S. |
| Buried at | Saunemin, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Service/branch | |
| Years of service | 1862–1865 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | 95th Illinois Infantry, Company G |
| Battles/wars | Vicksburg, Red River, Guntown |
| Other work | Farmhand, janitor |
Albert D. J. Cashier (December 25, 1843 – October 10, 1915), born Jennie Irene Hodgers, was an Irish-born immigrant who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Cashier adopted the identity of a man before enlisting, and maintained it for most of the remainder of her life. This consistent and long-term commitment to the male identity has prompted some scholars to suggest that Cashier was a trans man.
Hodgers was born in Clogherhead, County Louth, Ireland on December 25th, around the year 1843. According to later investigation by the administrator of her estate, she was the child of Sallie and Patrick Hodgers. Hodgers's later accounts of how she moved to the United States and why she enlisted were taken when she was elderly and disoriented, and she was also typically evasive about her earlier life; therefore, these narratives are contradictory. Typically, she was said to have been dressed in boy's clothing by her stepfather in order to find work. Even before the advent of the war, Hodgers adopted the identity of Albert Cashier to work. Her mother died sometime in her youth, and by 1862, Hodgers had traveled as a stowaway to Illinois and was living in Belvidere.
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