Enjoying the freedom afforded her while dressing as a boy in order to earn higher pay after emigrating from Ireland, Jennie Hodgers serves in the 95th Illinois Infantry as Private Albert Cashier, a Union soldier in the American Civil War.
year: 2006
call number/section: 1000
subjects: hodgers, jennie, 1843-1915, juvenile fiction, fiction, sex role, fiction, soldiers, irish americans, historical fiction, united states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, juvenile fiction, fiction, 1861-1865, civil war, united states, illinois infantry regiment, 95th (1862-1865), history, fiction, large type books, large print books, 1861-1895, civil war
Editions
Durrant, Lynda
Clarion Books (2006)
Enjoying the freedom afforded her while dressing as a boy in order to earn higher pay after emigrating from Ireland, Jennie Hodgers serves in the 95th Illinois Infantry as Private Albert Cashier, a Union soldier in the American Civil War.
Schools: 11
Durrant, Lynda
Based upon the life of a real "petticoat soldier," tells the story of Jennie Hodgers, who dressed as a boy and enlisted in the 95th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War under the name of Private Albert Cashier.
Schools: 1