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The Amazing Story of Little Al Cashier, a Transgender Civil War Hero

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‘Little Al Cashier’ was a hero to his fellow Civil War soldiers in G-Company in the 95th Illinois Voluntary Infantry. None of his comrades knew that he was transgender.

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