Civil War Union Army Soldier. After his emigration to the United States he assumed the name of Albert Cashier prior to the outbreak of the Civil War. Assigned female at birth, he enlisted in the Union Army and served a three full years enlistment under the name of Albert D. J. Cashier. He enlisted in the Union Army in Belvidere, Illinois in the summer of 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company G, 95th Illinois Volunteer Infantry on September 4, 1862. During his service his regiment was part of the Army of the Tennessee, and fought in over forty battles and engagements, including pivotal campaigns such as the May-July Vicksburg Campaign, the March-April 1864 Red River Campaign, and the Summer 1864 Campaign against Atlanta, Georgia. Private Cashier was once captured by Confederate forces, but escaped. He also contracted an illness and spent time in a military hospital, but managed to keep his identity secret. He served through the end of the war, and was honorably mustered out on August 17, 1865. He maintained his identity as a man after the war, building a life first in Belvidere, then in Saunemin, Illinois, working as a laborer. He was able to vote in elections, which was for women until the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed in 1920. In 1911, now an old soldier, he entered the Soldiers and Sailors Retirement Home in Quincy, Illinois after a car accident broke his leg. As his mental health was deteriorating, his gender assigned at birth was discovered, and he was forced in his last years to wear women's garments against his wishes. When he died in 1915, he was buried in his Union Army uniform, which he had preserved, and was given a funeral with full military honors, which he earned for his service. Cashier's lifelong commitment to his male identity, which was not typical of women who disguised themselves to enlist, has led many scholars to conclude that Cashier really was a transgender man.