Michael Walsh Cluskey (1832 – January 13, 1873) was a
Confederate
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politician who served in the
Confederate States Congress during the
American Civil War.
Biography
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.
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Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Film Number M818 roll 6 He was elected to represent
Tennessee in the
Second Confederate Congress
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from 1864 to 1865.
He was interred at
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Notes
External links
The Political GraveyardGuide to the Reuben T. Durrett Collection of Michael Walsh Cluskey Papers 1857-1871
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University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
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.)
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