Daniel Florencio O'Leary
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| Daniel Florence O'Leary | |
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| Place of birth | Cork Ireland |
| Allegiance | Venezuelan Patriots |
| Rank | brigadier general |
| Battles/wars | South American wars of independence
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Daniel Florence O'Leary (c.1802-1854) was a military general and aide-de-camp under Simón Bolívar. He was born in Cork, Ireland; his father was Jeremiah O'Leary, a butter merchant. Unlike many of the Irish who fought for Bolívar in the South American wars of independence, O'Leary had not served in the Napoleonic Wars.
In 1827 he married Soledad Soublette, daughter of General Carlos Soublette, with whom he had nine children.
After Bolívar's death, O'Leary disobeyed orders to burn the general's personal papers. He spent much of the rest of his life organizing those papers, along with writing his very extensive memoirs (spanning thirty-four volumes) of his time fighting in the wars of revolution with Bolívar.
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