What is recorded here
Clogherhead, County Louth, Ireland, is the place where Jennie Irene Hodgers entered the world on Christmas Day 1843. She later became Albert Cashier, an Irish-born soldier who fought for the United States of America in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Cashier maintained this male identity for at least fifty-three years, prompting some historians to believe he was a trans man.
Why this person is known: American Civil War soldier born female who lived as a male (1843–1915)
- Birthplace
- Clogherhead
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Castle RuinsCastle, tower house · 756 yd
St. Denniss StoneRitual site, holy/saint's stone · 902 yd
Termonfeckin CastleCastle · 2.4 mi
Chapel (in Ruins), GraveyardChurch · 3.9 mi
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Sweet baySweet bay · 4.6 mi
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