Michael Walsh Cluskey
Michael Walsh Cluskey (1832 – January 13, 1873) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
[edit]Cluskey was born in Chatham County, Georgia. During the Civil War, he was an assistant quartermaster in the Confederate States Army and eventually rose to the rank of colonel.[1] He was elected to represent Tennessee in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.
He was interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Notes
[edit]- ^ National Park Service Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Archived 2008-08-14 at the Wayback Machine Film Number M818 roll 6[dead link]
External links
[edit]- The Political Graveyard
- Guide to the Reuben T. Durrett Collection of Michael Walsh Cluskey Papers 1857-1871 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This Tennessee politician-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a person of the American Civil War is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1832 births
- 1873 deaths
- Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Tennessee
- 19th-century American politicians
- People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War
- Confederate States Army officers
- People from Chatham County, Georgia
- Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
- American postmasters
- Tennessee politician stubs
- American Civil War biography stubs