Jennie+Hodgers+(alias+Pvt.+Albert+D.J.+Cashier)

December 25, 1844 - October 10, 1915
 * //Jennie Hodgers// aka //Pvt. Albert D. J. Cashier//



born in Ireland, moved to the United States

Joined US Military after draft call at the age of 19 August 6, 1862 enlisted in the Union army (95th Regiment) as an infantryman ** 5'3" and 110 lbs; shortest person in the regiment couldn't read or write, signed an X on the enlistment papers passed through the physical examination because it was just a look at the eyes and ears

95th Regiment traveled thousands of miles and participated in 40 battles including Vicksburg and the Red River Campaign captured during Vicksburg but knocked the gun out of the soldier's hand and ran.

after the war was over, settled in Saunemin, IL in 1869 worked as a janitor, farm worker, handyman, and town lamplighter

discovered to be female while working to a senator; hit by his car and taken in to the doctor, who found out she was female during the examination the doctor and employer kept her secret, but sent her to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Quincy, IL

in 1913 she was committed to the Watertown State Hospital for the Insane in East Moline, IL and housed in the women's ward. this was the first time she had worn dresses in more than 50 years.

died at the Watertown State Hospital on October 10, 1915. buried in Union uniform and with full military honors

tombstone reads Albert Cashier; monument with Jennie Hodgers on it erected in Saunemin on Memorial Day 1977.