He was on the Board to Review Infantry Tactics in 1815 and selected the Northern Naval Depot the same year.
Swift was involved with the rebuilding of the nation's capital city, Washington, D.C. in 1817.
He commanded the Corps of Engineers from July 31, 1812 to November 12, 1818.
Resigned his commission November 12, 1818 and worked as a civil engineer from 1819 to 1845.
He died July 23, 1865, at Geneva, New York, at age 82.
Quite the Career. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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