Photo: gravestone for Albert D. J. Cashier at Sunny Slope Cemetery in Saunemin, Livingston County, Illinois. Cashier was buried with full military honors. Credit: Nancy, Doug, and Linda Bell of Illinois.

Female Civil War Soldier Served as a Man (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on November 17, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry gives more details of the remarkable story of Albert Cashier, a woman who fought 40 battles in the Civil War disguised as a man!.. (Read More)

Photo: Civil War soldier Albert Cashier. Credit: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Female Civil War Soldier Served as a Man (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on November 14, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry tells the remarkable story of Albert Cashier, a woman who fought 40 battles in the Civil War disguised as a man!.. (Read More)