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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 50 (search)
of Alabama, moved that the House proceed to the election of a Clerk, and put in nomination Mr. Emmett Dixon, of Georgia. Mr. Pryor, of Virginia, nominated Mr. M. W. Cluskey, of Tennessee, and supported the nomination earnestly. Mr. Lyons, of Virginia, nominated Mr. James McDonald, of Virginia, and earnestly supported the nomi-eight; Johnson, twenty-one; McDonald, seven. Mr. Lyons withdrew the name of Mr. McDonald, and the House proceeded to a second vote, as follows: Dixon, forty-one; Cluskey, twenty-seven; Johnson, nineteen. There being no election, a third and final vote was had, which decided the contest in favor of Mr. Dixon. Third vote — Dixon, forty-four; Cluskey, twenty-six; Johnson, seventeen. Mr. Dixon having received a majority of the votes cast, was duly declared elected Clerk of the House of Representatives. Mr. Russell, of Virginia, moved that the House proceed to the election of a Doorkeeper, and the choice fell upon Mr. R. H. Wynn, of Alabama. Confederat
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Annual meeting of Southern Historical Society, October 28th and 29th, 1878. (search)
number of gentlemen in New Orleans, the propriety of organizing a Society for the purpose of collating, preserving and finally publishing such material as would vindicate the truth of Confederate history. After a number of conferences, the Southern Historical Society was formally organized on the 1st of May, 1869, by the following gentlemen: Generals Braxton Bragg, R. Taylor, Dabney H. Maury, C. M. Wilcox, J. S. Marmaduke, S. B. Buckner, G. T. Beauregard, R. L. Gibson and Harry T. Hays, M. W. Cluskey, G. W. Gordon, B. M. Harrod, F. H. Farrar, A. L. Stuart, H. N. Ogden, B. J. Sage, F. H. Wigfall, Major George O. Norton, Frederick N. Ogden, John B. Sale, James Phelan, William H. Saunders, Rev. J. N. Gallaher, Charles L. C. Dupuy, B. A. Pope, M. D., Joseph Jones, M. D., B. F. Jonas, Edward Ivy, A. W. Basworth, S. E. Chaille, M. D., S. M. Bemiss, M. D., Frank Hawthorne, M. D., James Strawbridge, Rev. B. M. Palmer, D. D., Honorable Thomas J. Semmes, E. M. Hudson, Charles Chapohn, Honorabl
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 194 (search)
Doc. 182.-Second Tennessee Regiment. The following are the commanding officers: Colonel, Wm. B. Bate; Lieut.-Col., Goodall, Major, Doak; Quartermaster, M. W. Cluskey; Surgeon, Dr. Kennedy; Assistant Surgeon, Dr. Erskine. The following are the company officers: A, Capt. Stephen White; B, Capt. Anderson; C, Capt. Chaney; D, Capt. Henry Rutherford; E, Capt.,Hunt; F, Capt. T. D. White; G, Capt. Erthman; H, Capt. Dennison; I, Capt. Tyre; J, Capt. Humphrey Bate. The Carolina Grays (Capt. Hunt)ds of Mexico. The Lieutenant-Colonel (of Sumner county) was one of the first to scale the walls of Monterey at the siege of that place by the Americans. Major Doak is also an old Mexican volunteer, and a member of the Tennessee Legislature. M. W. Cluskey, the Quartermaster, (of the Memphis Avalanche,) is well known to the whole country as the author of the Political Text book, and former Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives; while the surgeons of the regiment are both memb
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Southern Historical Society: its origin and history. (search)
ning of April 21, 1869. General Bragg was called to the chair. General Richard Taylor moved the appointment by the chair of a committee of five, who, together with the chairman, should embody a programme of the Association. Upon motion of Major Cluskey, the number of the committee was increased to seven. The following members, whose names appear under the caption of the Founders of Southern Historical Society, New Orleans, April 21, 1869, then enrolled themselves, by subscribing their names: Braxton Bragg, R. L. Gibson, R. Taylor, A. L. Stuart, Dabney H. Maury, H. N. Ogden, M. W. Cluskey, B. T. Sage, C. M. Wilcox, F. H. Wigfall, G. W. Gordon, George Norton, B. M. Harrod, Fred. N. Ogden, J. S. Marmaduke, John B. Sale, F. H. Farrar, James Phelan, S. B. Buckner, William H. Saunders, James Strawbridge, B. M. Palmer, Thomas J. Semmes, Harry T. Hays, E. M. Hudson, J. N. Gallaher, Charles L. C. Dupuy, B. A. Pope, M. D., Joseph Jones, M. D.,
The Daily Dispatch: may 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
nt of Tennessee Volunteers, composed of 952 men, and commanded by Col.Wm.B. Bate, a distinguished lawyer of Gallatip county, Tenn., as also a well-tried soldier upon the historic fields of Mexico. Its other field and staff officers are Lieut.Col. Good all, of Sumner county, one of the first to scale the walls of Monterrey, in the great battle which derived its name from that place. Major Doak, a prominent member of the Tennessee Legislature, also canned a soldier's fame in Mexico. Captain M. W. Cluskey, our confrere of the Memphis Avalanche, is on the staff of the Colonel as Quartermaster of the regiment. Dr. Kennedy, of Sumner, is Surgeon, and Dr. Erskine, of Shelby, the Assistant Surgeon of the regiment, both leading members of the medical profession in Tennessee. We do not recollect to have seen a finer body of men in any regiment. Most of them are from Sumner, Davidson and Rutherford counties, though Bedford is represented by a company, as is Manry and Shelby, the extreme We
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Personal. --Among the arrivals at the Exchange Saturday and Sunday, were Hon. Jas. M. Mason, F. M. Gilmer, jr., Alabama; Capt. B. W. Leigh, Virginia; F. Nailer, Vicksburg; Rev. J. J. Brantley, South Carolina; Col. De Russey, C. S. A.; E. Pliny, D. Barney, Maryland; B. F. Lovelace, Fairfax county, Va.; W. G. Wright, Arkansas; W. B. Bate, M. W. Cluskey, Walker Legion; Jno. B. Thornton, jr., Memphis. At the Spotswood House during the same days, B. F. Bartholomew, Baltimore; H. S. Shelton, Charleston, South Carolina; D. E. Stipes, Harper's Ferry; Hon. J. W. McQueen, South Carolina; J. Waltz, Texas; Dr. Shepherdson, Montgomery, Alabama; S. R. Harrison, New Orleans; Jos. Pendergrast, Savannah; Hon. John H. Reagan, (P. M. General,) and family, Texas.
The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Twenty dollars reward. (search)
itable Lieut. MaCorkle, well known as an attache of the Navy-Yard at Washington, D. C.--Doomed city. On General French's staff is also an officer in the old Army, a West Pointer, Capt. C. R. Collins, who with Lieut. C. Halle, of Mississippi, form the staff. The hospitals of the brigade are under Dr. Herndon, who some weeks since deserted from the Federal Army, and joined us, giving much valuable information concerning the enemy. In one of the regiments of the brigade is Capt. M. W. Cluskey, who is a candidate for Clerk of the House. If he is as popular with the "M. C.'s" as he is with the boys of his regiment, you may soon look for him in your sanctum; he being a fellow scribe, will certainly rather associate with you than with the Pharisees who infest your city and busy themselves much as to the best plan to rob the public treasury and swindle the private soldiery. We are continually looking for the flotilla which is expected to come up and attack our forts, and
The Daily Dispatch: September 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Runaway.--five hundred dollars Reward. (search)
M. W. Cluskey, Adjutant-General to Vaughn's brigade, is elected to Congress over found in the Eleventh Tennessee District.
The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
ath, last winter, of Senator Peyton, of that State. Since the adjournment of the last Congress, Senator Mitchel, of Arkansas, has deceased, and Hon. Augustus H. Garland, a prominent member of the House of Representatives, has been elected to fill the unexpired term. In the House there will be a falling short. Hon. B. L. Hodge, of Louisiana, is dead, and the vacancy is not supplied. Hon. J. B. Helskell, of Tennessee, a prisoner in the hands of the Federals. The Texas delegation is not complete, lacking one. The State of Missouri is, for the first time, fully represented, having seven members. Messrs. Thomas L. Snead, Nimrod L. Norton, Peter S. Wilkes, and Robert A. Hatcher are the new members from Missouri. There is one new member from Tennessee, Hon. M. W. Cluskey filling the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Currin. Hon. Stephen H. Darden is a new member from Texas, elected in the place of Hon. John A. Wilcox, who died suddenly from apoplexy in this city last session.