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  1. Approved Pension File for Private Albert D. J. Cashier

     
    Collection: Government Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Department of the Interior
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressing, Military pensions, Passing (Gender), Soldiers, Transmasculine people, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Subject: Albert Cashier
    Description: A collection of documents (191 pages) issued by the Bureau of Pensions of the Department of the Interior regarding Albert Cashier, a soldier who fought in the American Civil War.
  2. The Army and the Negros

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: National Anti-Slavery Standard
    Date: 1862
    Topics: African American soldiers, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Description: A newspaper segment examining the role of Black people in the Union Army during the Civil War that includes an excerpt from a New York Times article in which the author describes people seeking ref...
  3. Under False Colors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: J.C.B.
    Date: Jul. 15, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Slavery, Transfemininity, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic language, and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.