Brief guide to manuscripts collections| William L. Clements Library The University of Michigan John Michael O'Connor Papers |
A resident of New York, John Michael O'Connor was cited for gallantry at the Battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814, and later for his feud with Major General George Izard, on whose staff he served. In the postwar army, O'Connor translated Gay de Vernon's Treatise on the Science of War and Fortifications, which was used as a textbook for many years at West Point. O'Connor spent two years in France at the Ecole Polytechnique and the military school at Metz. Discouraged by the failure of his application for further study in France, and by chronic illness, he left the army in 1821. He became involved in the abortive presidential campaign of William H. Crawford and died a few years later in New York.
Papers of John Michael O'Connor, United States Army officer during and after the War of 1812.
This collection contains 20 items relating to the War of 1812. The majority of the material relates to national politics, to political factions in New York state, particularly that of Aaron Burr, and to the presidential election of 1824.
Purchased, 1961-1962
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