Jennie Hodges, an Irish immigrant, was living and working in Illinois as Albert D.J. Cashier for several years before the war. She continued to disguise herself as Cashier when she joined the 95th Illinois Infantry Volunteers in August 1862. In June 1863 she became ill and was hospitalized but somehow managed to conceal her gender. Albert Cashier was honorably discharged in August 1865 after taking part in Grant's campaign in northern Mississippi including the siege of Vicksburg and raids in Tennessee. After the war Jennie returned to Illinois and continued her male identity. In the 1890's Albert Cashier received a veteran's pension and joined the Grand Army of the Republic. In 1911 Hodges broke her leg and her gender was discovered. She was admitted to the Soldiers and Sailors Home and in March 1913 the state of Illinois declared her insane largely because she had lived for more than 50 years as a man. The following year she was transferred to the Hospital for the Insane ! in Watertown where she was forced to wear women's clothing. When she died in October 1915, she was buried with full military honors wearing her soldier's uniform .http://www.gendergap.com/military/USmil3.htm