
Joseph Gardner Swift
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 159 years ago |
Date of birth | December 31,1783 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Nantucket |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | July 22,1865 |
Died | Geneva |
New York | |
United States | |
Battles and wars | War of 1812 |
Battle of Crysler's Farm | |
Job | Soldier |
Education | United States Military Academy |
Books | The Memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift, LL. D. , U. S. A. , First Graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, Chief Engineer U. S. A. from 1812-To 1818. 1800-1865. to Which Is Added a Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Swift of Dorchester, Mass |
The Memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift, LL. D. , U. S. A. , First Graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, Chief Engineer U. S. A. from | |
Parents | Deborah Swift |
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ID | 1116431 |
Joseph Gardner Swift Life story
Joseph Gardner Swift was an American soldier who, in 1802, became the first graduate of the newly instituted United States Military Academy in West Point, New York; he would later serve as its fourth superintendent from 1812 to 1814, and as chief of engineers of the United States Army from 1812 to 1818.