title: Michael Walsh Cluskey
text: # 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
  
  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. 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.
  
  