O'Neals that served in the War of 1812

War of 1812 - O’Neals who fought in the War of 1812

Over 200 of our collective O’Neal ancestors fought for various American forces in the War of 1812. This list provides as complete of an inventory of all of the soldiers with that surname from this war as can be found at any one place on the internet.

It is provided here both as a tribute to these brave men as well as an aid in helping you advance your research in Military records for your O’Neal ancestors from this era.

The table below contains a transcript of all O’Neal soldiers found in the National Archives official Record Group M602, Microfilm Roll 156 in their collection housed at the National Archives building in Washington D.C. entitled Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers During The War of 1812.

This page contains the entries found on this roll of microfilm for all individuals with the surname O’NEAL or any derivation of O’NEAL. ( I did not transcribe those with surname of NEAL or other forms of NEAL ).

Footnotes for each column containing additional detail are located at the end of the list below.

If you wish to continue your research of any of these individuals with original records on file in the NARA offices in Washington D.C., I’d recommend you review this 1991 article from Prologue Magazine first.

No^a	Name¹	Alias²	Rank³	Company / Regiment⁴	Pension⁵	Link⁶	County⁷	State Served From⁸
	State Served from is not known
	O’Neal, Charles			39^th Infrantry – Capt James Gray’s Company		Link
16	O’Neal, Abijah			U. S. Volunteers
94	O’Neal, Levy	Neal, Levy P		Sea Fencibles – U. S. Volunteers
12	O’Neal, William			Rangers, U. S. Volunteers
129	O’Neal, William		Pvt / Corporal	Rangers, U.S. Volunteers
130	O’Neal, William		Pvt / Private	Rangers, U.S. Volunteers
178	O’Neil, Michael			1^st Regiment terr
13	O’Niel, Richard		Private	(possibly U.S. Navy -?)	Pension*
	Served from = The District of Columbia
41	O’Neal, Francis			1^st Regiment – District of Columbia				DC
128	O’Neal, W			1^st Regiment				DC
142	O’Neale, W			District of Columbia				DC
154	O’Neale, William			2nd Regiment – District of Columbia				DC
	Alabama
	O’Neal, Isom		Private	(Buried at Fort Williams Cemetery near the Coosa River, Talladega County, AL		Link		AL
	O’Neal, Braxton			See Braxton O’Neal in TN
	O’Neal, James			Killed in the Battle of New Orleans				AL

	Delaware
57	O’Neal, Janeis(?)							DE
85	O’Neal, John T			Capt Wannel’s				DE
121	O’Neal, Thomas							DE
	Georgia
23	O’Neal, Benjamin							GA
45	O’Neal, Harrison					Link	Greene Co ?	GA
60	O’Neal, James		Private					GA
64	O’Neal, Jesse							GA
76	O’Neal, John							GA
89	O’Neal, Joseph							GA
110	O’Neal, Quine	Quinea O’Neal Quinea Albert O’Neal	Private		Pension*	Link	Taliaferro Co	GA
139	O’Neal, William			2nd Regiment				GA
141	O’Neal, Zachariah		Corporal	Capt Adam’s Company Alexander’s Battalion of Riflemen	Pension*	Link	Wilkes County	GA
185	O’Neil, Zachariah							GA
	Illinois
116	O’Neal, Spencer			Illinois Militia				IL
	O’Neal, William		Private	J Short’s Company		Link		IL
	Indiana
161	O’Neele, Henry		Pvt / Lieut.	Evan’s 4^th Regiment – Indiana Militia		Link		IN
162	O’Neele, John	O’Neill, John		Evan’s 4^th Regiment – Indiana Militia	Pension*			IN
192	O’Neill, John		Private	Evan’s 4^th Regiment Mounted	Pension*			IN
	Kentucky
198	O’Nal, George	O’Neal, George		10^th Regiment				KY
25	O’Neal, Bennett	Bennet		Captain Samuel F. Malone’s Company, KY Detached Militia				KY
37	O’Neal, Daniel		Private					KY
44	O’Neal, George			Capt. John Duvall’s Company of Infrantry of KY Militia Created Feb 3 1813				KY
48	O’Neal, Henry		Private	Boswell’s 10^th Regiment – Kentucky				KY
61	O’Neal, James							KY
68	O’Neal, John							KY
69	O’Neal, John							KY
78	O’Neal, John		Corporal	14^th Regiment				KY
87	O’Neal, John		Sergeant	Barber’s 7^th Reg. – KY Militia (see Wm Coppage)				KY
115	O’Neal, Spencer			Dubois Batallion – Mounted Spies Captain Cornelius Washburn’s Company		Link Link		KY
117	O’Neal, Spencer		Sergeant	11^th Regiment Captain LewisKincheloe’s Company, KY Mounted Volunteer Militia; Colonel William Williams		Link		KY
123	O’Neal, Thomas			3^rd Regiment Mounted				KY
125	O’Neal, Thomas			Porter’s 16^th Regiment Lt. Col Andrew Porter; Captain James Conn’s Company (1814)				KY
134	O’Neal, William			1^st Regiment				KY
140	O’Neal, William			Simrall’s 1st Regiment – Light Dragoons				KY
177	O’Neil, L			Lewis’ 5^th Regiment				KY
	Louisiana
19	O’Neal, Arthur							LA
156	O’Neal, Joseph							LA
170	O’Neil, Francis							LA
5	O’Niel, Francis		Private					LA
	Massachusetts
88	O’Neal, Joseph			1^st Regiment				MA
	Maryland
144	O’Neal, Henry			Cramer’s Regiment – MD Militia				MD
145	O’Neal, Henry			Watkin’s Regiment – MD Militia				MD
46	O’Neal, Henry			Watkin’s				MD
47	O’Neal, Henry			Cramer’s				MD
50	O’Neal, Hillary(?)			Cramer’s				MD
71	O’Neal, John			Watkin’s				MD
79	O’Neal, John			Hood’s				MD
91	O’Neal, Joseph							MD
132	O’Neal, William			Cramer’s				MD
136	O’Neal, William			17th Regiment				MD
138	O’Neal, William			32nd Regiment				MD
149	O’Neale, John			Watkin’s Command				MD
151	O’Neale, Thomas							MD
153	O’Neale, William							MD
171	O’Neil, Henry	O’Neal, Henry						MD
174	O’Neil, John			Watkins				MD
176	O’Neil, Joseph							MD
182	O’Neil, Robert							MD
	Missouri
17	O’Neal, Abijah			Missouri Militia				MO
	Mississippi
143	O’Neal, Anthony							MS
18	O’Neal, Anthony			Mississippi Militia (maybe?)				MS
38	O’Neal, Edmond		Private	Note: (Possibly the Edward O’Neal at this link)				MS
81	O’Neal, John			Hind’s Battalion Cavalry				MS
82	O’Neal, John			Miss. Miliitia				MS
101	O’Neal, Michael							MS
102	O’Neal, Mitchell					Link		MS
105	O’Neal, Patrick		Corporal					MS
106	O’Neal, Peter		Private					MS
111	O’Neal, Ransom			Note: (This Ransom O’Neal is probably related to this family)				MS
	North Carolina
201	O’Nail, John	John ONeal		Pearson’s 3^rd Regiment – NC Militia John Hussey, Capt Amos Walker, 1^st Lt		Link Link	Duplin Co	NC
20	O’Neal, Asa			Watson’s Regiment, Hyde Co			Hyde County	NC
21	O’Neal, Asa			Tisdale’s NC Militia 2^nd Regiment – Seth Jordan, Capt	Pension* Pension+	Link Link Link	Hyde County	NC
24	O’Neal, Benjamin			McDonald’s 1^st Regiment				NC
157	O’Neal, Christopher		Private	Pearson’s 7th Regiment – NC Militia				NC
30	O’Neal, Christopher			Pearson’s 7^th Regiment Note: (possibly the Christopher O’Neal at this link)				NC
32	O’Neal, Daniel		Private	Watson’s			Hyde County	NC
33	O’Neal, Daniel		Corporal	Nixon’s New Hanover (NC Militia)				NC
40	O’Neal, Ephraim			Watson’s Note: (there may have been an older Ephraim O’Neal in this family)			Hyde County	NC
43	O’Neal, Frederick			North Carolina Militia – 2^nd Regiment, 8^th Company Detached from the Johnston Regiment		Link Link	Johnston Co	NC
	O’Neal, Henry M		4^th Sergeant	7^th Regiment – Burke Co 1^st Regiment Militia		Link Link	Burke Co	NC
	O’Neal, James			NC Militia – 6^th Regiment – 3^rd Regiment from Rowan		Link Link Link	Rowan Co	NC
65	O’Neal, John		Private	Richard Atkinson’s Regiment – NC Militia Ephriam Davidson, Brigadier General Simpson Shaw, 1^st Major; Benamin Elliot, 2^nd Major		Link Link Link	Orange County	NC
67	O’Neal, John						Hyde County	NC
75	O’Neal, John		Private	Tisdale’s 2^nd Regiment (Wake or Greene Co, NC?)				NC
77	O’Neal, John		Private	Pearson’s 7^th Regiment				NC
	O’Neil, John F		2^nd Lieutenant	7^th Regiment – Burke Co 1^st Regiment Militia		Link	Burke County	NC
92	O’Neal, Joshua			Watson’s			Hyde Co	NC
93	O’Neal, Levi	O’Neale, Levi		Watson’s		Link Link	Hyde Co	NC
95	O’Neal, Levy	Levi ONeals		Bruton’s 2^nd Regiment – NC Militia – Beverly Rew, Captain		Link		NC
96	O’Neal, Matthew			Watson’s			Hyde Co	NC
98	O’Neal, Matthew			Tisdale’s 2^nd Regiment (see also David Paine)				NC
99	O’Neal, MIcajah		Private	McDonald’s 1^st Regiment 4^th Regiment – Harry Bryan, Capt		Link Link	Johnston Co	NC
100	O’Neal, Michael		2^nd Lieutenant	Flower’s 1^st Regiment Note: (possibly related to this family)				NC
	O’Neal, Michael	Michael Orneal		1^st Regiment – 2^nd Company, Hillary Bell, Capt.		Link Link	Currituck Co	NC
118	O’Neal, Stephen			McDonald’s 1^st Regiment – NC Militia Harry Bryan, Capt, 4^th Regiment		Link Link Link		NC
	O’Neal, Spencer	Spencer Oneal		1^st Regiment – William Bray, Capt		Link Link	Currituck Co	NC
131	O’Neal, William			Major Cameron Comm – NC Militia				NC
188	O’Neale, William	William ONiel		Rowlands 4^th Regiment – NC Militia – 8^th Company		Link	Anson Co	NC
187	O’Neile, Robert			Boyd’s 4^th Regiment				NC
189	O’Neill, Daniel		Corporal	New Hanovers Regiment – NC Militia				NC
193	O’Neill, John		1^st Lieutenant	Capt. Steville’s Co – NC				NC
	New Jersey
56	O’Neal, Jacob							NJ
	New York
197	O’Neal, Barnabus					Link		NY
26	O’Neal, Charles							NY
39	O’Neal, Edward					Link		NY
51	O’Neal, Hugh							NY
6	O’Neal, Hugh			2^nd Artillery				NY
72	O’Neal, John			(Capt. Earle’s 27^th U.S. Infrantry)	Pension*	Link		NY
74	O’Neal, John				Pension*	Link		NY
97	O’Neal, Matthew							NY
104	O’Neal, Patrick							NY
133	O’Neal, William			Con’s Regiment				NY
2	O’Neil, Barnabas			Artillery & Infrantry				NY
186	O’Neil, Clotworthy	O’Neill, Clotworthy		Van Buren’s				NY
167	O’Neil, Daniel			2^nd Regiment – U.S. Volunteers	Pension*			NY
168	O’Neil, Dennis							NY
172	O’Neil, Hugh	O’Neal, Hugh						NY
8	O’Neil, John		Private	Swifts Detachment				NY
179	O’Neil, Richard							NY
184	O’Neil, William							NY
164	O’Neill, John			Switfs				NY
191	O’Neill, John							NY
194	O’Neill, Richard			Swifts				NY
4	O’Niel, Edward		Private					NY
160	O’Niel, John			Swifts Detachment				NY
11	O’Niel, Richard		Private	Swifts Detachment	Pension*	Link		NY
	O’Neal, Jacob	O Neal, Jacob	Private	Capt Sanford’s Company, 30^th Infrantry		Link	Sandy Hill (city)	NY
	Ohio
27	O’Neal, Charles			Renick’s KY Regiment				OH
59	O’Neal, James							OH
73	O’Neal, John			Dawson’s				OH
10	O’Neal, Johnson		Private					OH
86	O’Neal, Johnson			Rennick’s KY Regiment				OH
165	O’Neill, James			Riddle’s				OH
	Pennsylvania
14	O’Nail, Nicholas		Corp/Sgt					PA
34	O’Neal, Daniel							PA
35	O’Neal, Daniel		Private	Rush’s				PA
42	O’Neal, Francis							PA
62	O’Neal, James			Phillip’s Regiment				PA
66	O’Neal, John			Findley’s Regiment				PA
70	O’Neal, John							PA
9	O’Neal, John		Private					PA
103	O’Neal, Nicholas		Corporal					PA
150	O’Neale, John							PA
158	O’Neel, Daniel							PA
166	O’Neal, Charles	(same as #1 and #3)		Capt. Phillips				PA
3	O’Neil, Charles	O’Neal, Charles	Private	(same as #1 and #166)				PA
163	O’Neil, John			16^th Regiment				PA
175	O’Neil, John			1^st Regiment				PA
195	O’Neill, Robert			1^st Regiment Artillery				PA
1	O’Nial, Charles	O’Neal, Charles	Private	Capt. Phillips (same as #3 and #166)				PA
	South Carolina
200	O’Naills, Axom	O’Neal, James Axom		SC Miliita - Alston’s 3^rd Regiment	Pension*	Link	Darlington Co	SC
199	O’Naills, Griffin	O’Neal, Griffin O’Neal, Griffith		SC Miliita - Alston’s 3^rd Regiment	Pension* Pension+	Link	Darlington Co	SC
15	O’Nails, Axom		Private	(Pension may have been applied for from Alabama)	Pension* Pension+			SC
83	O’Neal, John B	O’Neal, John Belton O’Neall, John Belton	Judge Advocate	SC Militia - Tucker’s		Link Link	Newberry Co	SC
	O’Neal, John B		Private	SC Militia - Tucker’s		Link	Newberry Co	SC
90	O’Neal, Joseph		Private	SC Militia - Rutlege’s 3^rd Regiment		Link		SC
109	O’Neal, Pressler	O’Neal, Presler		SC Militia – McWillie’s 2^nd Regiment		Link		SC
147	O’Neale, James			SC Militia - Howard’s Detached Militia				SC
155	O’Neall, Charles			Tuckers (Note: Possibly this Charles O’Neall listed in John O’Neall’s research)		Link	Edgefield Co?	SC
	O’Neale, James			SC Militia – Howard’s Detached Militia		Link		SC
	Tennessee
22	O’Neal, Austin			East Tennessee				TN
28	O’Neal, Charles		Private	Pipkin’s West Tennessee				TN
	O’Neal, Braxton	Braxton Neai		Capt. Walter’s Company (Oct 1814 – April 1815)		Link		TN
31	O’Neal, Custus			Pipkin’s 1^st Regiment (West TN)		Link		TN
52	O’Neal, Isam		Private	Pipkin’s 1^st Regiment	Pension+	Link		TN
53	O’Neal, Jacob			Bunch’s (served in 1814)	Pension* Pension+	Link		TN
54	O’Neal, Jacob				Pension* Pension+	Link		TN
55	O’Neal, James			Dyer’s Tennessee Volunteers				TN
58	O’Neal, James		Private	Pipkin’s Regiment – West TN		Link		TN
63	O’Neal, Jermiah			Roulsten’s Regiment – West TN				TN
107	O’Neal, Peter		Sergeant	Bradley’s Tennessee Volunteers Note: ( Possibly the Peter O’Neal at this link? )				TN
108	O’Neal, Peter			Hall’s				TN
119	O’Neal, Thomas			Bunch’s Regiment – TN Militia				TN
120	O’Neal, Thomas			Bunch’s Regiment				TN
126	O’Neal, Thomas H			Hall’s (Possibly the Thomas H O’Neal at this link)				TN
159	O’Neel, James			Coffer’s (Cavalry) – West TN Volunteers				TN
169	O’Neil, Darius	Darius O’Neal Durius O’Neal Darias O’Neil Darius O’Neil	Unknown	Unknown		Link	Cocke Co	TN
173	O’Neil, James			Coffee’s West TN Volunteers				TN
183	O’Neil, Thomas			Bunch’s East Tennessee				TN
190	O’Neill, James			Dyers Tennessee				TN
7	O’Niel, James		Private	Dyers Reg Cav Mounted Guardsmen				TN
	Virginia
29	O’Neal, Charles			4^th Regiment Virginia				VA
36	O’Neal, Daniel		Private					VA
146	O’Neal, Henry			Ambler’s 19th Regiment		Link		VA
49	O’Neal, Henry		Private	Ambler’s 10^th Regiment				VA
80	O’Neal, John			37^th Regiment				VA
84	O’Neal, Johnson							VA
112	O’Neal, Robert			Boyd’s 4^th Regiment – VA Militia				VA
113	O’Neal, Samuel			Artillery				VA
114	O’Neal, Samuel		Corporal	4^th Regiment – VA Militia		Link		VA
122	O’Neal, Thomas							VA
124	O’Neal, Thomas			Boyd’s 9^th Regiment				VA
127	O’Neal, Thomas L	O’Neale, Thomas L				Link		VA
135	O’Neal, William			Dickinson’s 3^rd Regiment – VA Militia				VA
148	O’Neale, James			87th Regiment – VA Militia				VA
152	O’Neale, Thomas L							VA
180	O’Neil, Richard							VA
181	O’Neil, Robert			Taylors 1^st Regiment				VA
196	O’Neill, Robert	O’Neal, Robert		Boyd’s 4^th Regiment – VA Militia				VA
	O’Neal, John N	Neal, John N		Gayle’s - 67^th Regiment		Link		VA

Special Note about “Old War” Files

Many soldiers have military and pension files in the same record group as the War of 1812 Pension Files labeled “Old War”. Often, these files are for soldiers who served prior ot the civil war, but may not have served during the War of 1812. A few of these soldiers are listed here to assist you with additional research should they be one of your ancestors:

Hugh O’Neil, Private, Company I, 2^nd Regiment, U.S. Infranty, enlisted in Kentucky.

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Footnotes

a -	No. The number listed here is simply a number that I used to record the sequence with which these names were transcribed from the microfilm. Unfortunately, there was no numbering scheme used in the index cards themselves or on the image of the cards on the microfilm. The only use of these numbers is to cross-reference the numbers in my original transcription document and to refer back to from other portions of this website.
1 -	Name. The Name column contains the Name of the soldier as listed on the index cards that were filmed by the Archives. These index cards are hand written, so the name’s are listed as they appear in the handwriting of the military clerk or archives clerk who created the cards sometime in the 1800s. On the microfilm, the cards are generally in alphabetical order, although a large number of exceptions exist. If you search the microfilm for a given name, be sure and search the entire segment of Roll 156 in the section with entries beginning with the letters On. Many other names (not derivatives of O’Neal) appear between groups of these names on the film.
2 -	Alias. On some of the microfilmed index cards, an entry was made indicating that the card existed merely to point to another card with an alternate spelling of the soldiers name in the original index file. An entry in this table does not reflect that the soldier had an alias, but merely that there was more than one index card in the index file for the same soldier, under two different spellings of his last name.
3 -	Rank. On many of the cards, one or two ranks of the soldier was shown. The first rank shown on the index card represented the rank of the soldier at time of enlistment, and the 2^nd card listed the rank of the soldier at time of discharge (or death, if the soldier was killed in action). In this table, the presence of an entry in the rank column generally means that the rank upon enlistment and rank upon discharge were the same. In some cases, I’ve listed both ranks when the discharge rank differed from the enlistment rank. In many cased, I did not transcribe the rank, even though it existed on the film, so, the absence of a rank in this table does not indicate that a rank is not shown on the index card for the soldier. Likewise, many soldiers do not have rank shown on the index card, but it is still possible that the soldier had a paper file on record in the archives which does contain an indication of the soldier’s rank.
4 -	Company/Regiment. Where entries exist in this column, they indicate the information that was present on the index card for the soldier on the microfilm. Many different conventions were used on the original index cards to indicate the unit that the soldier served in. Sometimes, only the Captain’s name was listed, sometimes only the regiment or company number was listed, sometimes a description of the function of the service (Mounted) is listed. Many of the soldiers in the war of 1812 were from State Militia’s rather than a part of the “regular army” which was under the command of the federal government. If an entry exists in this table for a soldier, that entry was taken from the index card. The absence of an entry does not mean that the unit is not on file, it simply means that it was not listed on the index card or that I did not transcribe it.
5 -	Pension. If an entry is found in this column, it indicates that an entry has been found in one of the various lists of Pensioners or Pensioner’s widows for soldiers of the War of 1812 that may be a match for this soldier. There is no indication on the Compiled Service Records Index as to whether the soldier ever applied for or received a pension, so these correlations are correlations that I have made based upon examining the matching information in the records. If the word “Pension” appears with no link, you should check the source listed referred to below for more information. In some cases, I’ve provided additional detail on this site, so you can simply click the word pension to find additional detail about the possible existence of a pension file. If you feel that I have provided a link to pension information that is for the wrong soldier in this table, email me and I’ll address. it. Pension* - An entry of Pension* indicates that an entry exists in the book Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, VIII, Page N-2 which is possibly for the soldier listed here. Pension+ - An entry of Pension+ indicates that an entry exists on the National Archives Microfilm Record Group M313, Roll 71, which contains a catalog of soldiers who applied for pensions prior to the civil war. This Film is labeled Index to War of 1812 Pension Application Files, and the microfilm was created from files in existence in the National Archives in Washington D.C. in 1960. Many of these pension application files contain information indicating that the pension request was rejected for a variety of reasons. In other cases, I’ve found files referenced on this microfilm which reflect pension applications which exist for soldiers who served well after the completion of the War of 1812. (the first one I retrieved and reviewed personally was for a soldier who didn’t even enlist until the 1850s). If a link is provided, then additional informaiton is provided behind the link. If the term Pension+ is listed, but no link is provided, then I have no additional information from the pension file, and you will need to consult the original pension file yourself to determine if additional details exist. Special Note about soldiers with pension files. If a separate Pension File was retained by the Government for the soldier, those files often contain much more detailed information related to the soldier’s residence, age, family, surviving family (for deceased soldiers), etc. Many of these pension files were created in the mid and late 19^th century and provide richer information about the soldier than the military file does.
6 -	Link. If a link is listed in this column of the table, this is a link that I have established that will provide more information about the soldier. These are link’s that I have established to various O’Neal soldiers who fought in the War of 1812 and the correlation between that soldier and the additional information that I’m providing is a correlation that I have concluded is accurate. You are encouraged to do your own research to veirfy my conclusions. If you find a link to additional information on my website or links to external websites (including the family tree’s at rootsweb), that you do not think are accurate, I encourage you to email me and indicate that you think the link is in error and I will address it.
7 -	County. The only entries on the index cards that I found for these 200+ O’Neal soldiers was for certain soldiers that served from unit’s in Hyde County, North Carolina. For some reason, the cards from those units listed Hyde County in addition to the state on the index card, so I’ve listed that here. Any other references to counties listed here are entries that I have made based upon a conclusion that I’ve drawn about the identity of a specific soldier. Where the entry in the county column is for this latter reason, I’ve denoted that in the table entry.
8 -	State Served From. This column contains the reference from the original index cards found on the microfilm indicating the state from which the soldier served from. Generally, this designation represents the state where the company or regiment was based. In most cases, it can be implied that this is the home state of the soldier, but not always. There are many cases of soldiers who lived in one state, but traveled elsewhere to enlist in the various military units, possibly to enlist with a family member or a friend. I’ve listed these soldiers in this table alphabetically within the state that the index cards indicate that they served from, but it should be noted that the index card file and the microfilm are not sorted by state, so if you reference the original microfilm, you will need to look by soldiers name only to find the correct entry. In some instances, there is no reference to the state for which a soldier served from. These entries are generally for soldiers who served in “regular army” or Navy units of the Federal Government, rather than a state militia. In either case, it is possible that information in the military file may indicate which state a soldier was from, but it was not indicated on the index card as shown on the microfilm. Given that the information is so critical for identification of a soldier, in all cases I transcribed the state if it was listed on the microfilm, so if there is no entry for the soldier in this column, it indicates that no state entry was indicated on the index card on the microfilm.
??	Possible Connection. This symbol indicates that the link provided MAY BE for the individual who served in the war of 1812, but the connection is tenous.