Michael Walsh Cluskey
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Michael Walsh Cluskey (c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – January 13, 1873) was an American politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Cluskey was born c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Savannah, Georgia, and was baptized May 11, 1832. He worked as a newspaper editor for the Memphis Avalanche and the Louisville Daily Ledger.[2] From 1852 and 1859, he served as Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, and was succeeded by Josiah M. Lucas.[3] During the American Civil War, he served as an assistant quartermaster-general in the Confederate States Army and eventually rose to the rank of colonel.[4] He was elected to represent Tennessee in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.[1][5] He died on January 13, 1873, aged 40 or 41, from injuries inflicted during the Battle of Shiloh and was interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[6]
References
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External links
- Guide to the Reuben T. Durrett Collection of Michael Walsh Cluskey Papers 1857-1871 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
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- 1832 births
- 1873 deaths
- Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Tennessee
- 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