Other projects of the USMA's first graduate, Joseph G. Swift included the completion of Fort Clinton in New York City and during the War of 1812, the fortifications on the western part of Long Island.
After 1818, he resigned his commission and served as the Surveyor of the Port of New York until 1826. He was then chief engineer of several railroads.
In 1829, he directed harbor improvements of towns on the Great Lakes.
Engineering wasn't his only thing. he also was involved in various business activities and was a friend to younger engineers, including George Washington Whistler and William Gibbs McNeill (both of whom were his brothers-in-law.).
--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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