A Clippings Scrapbook: The Service of Albert Cashier and the Incivility of the United States

The United States is tearing itself apart, and the occupying forces have made it clear that queer folk and minorities have no stake in this new world. Nearly a century and a half ago, a trans man for the Union sent his own response to that sentiment in lead.

by Piper Bly

Sources:

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dc-circuit-trans-soldier-ban-opinion.pdf

https://www.courthousenews.com/split-dc-circuit-sides-with-pentagon-on-transgender-military-ban/

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/03/2025-02178/prioritizing-military-excellence-and-readiness

https://transequality.org/resources/understanding-trumps-trans-military-ban

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

https://www.hsqac.org/jennie-hodgers-known-as-albert-cashier-part-i/

https://www.hsqac.org/jennie-hodgers-known-as-albert-cashier-part-ii/

https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/illinois-issues-little-soldier-big-mystery

https://genius.com/Tennessee-ernie-ford-union-dixie-lyrics

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/28/deaths-ice-2026-

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Piper Bly is a professional illustrator and underground cartoonist. When she’s not busy plowing away at her drawing board, singing dirges in the moonlight, or wandering throughout the United States, she can often be found tending to her ivies, frying up some biscuits, spending unreasonable hours in the gym, or floating above the Mississippi River at midnight, waiting for the tide to wrap her in its loving embrace and take her away. Her whereabouts are currently undisclosed. You, however, can find her at piperbly.com.