Joseph Swift was promoted to Lt.-Col. Corps of Engineers July 6, 1812, and then colonel and chief engineer of the U.S. Army July 13, 1812.
From May 25 to September 28, 1812, he was Chief Engineer of the Department of New York and then in command of a brigade garrison on Staten Island from August 6-13, 1813.
He then became chief engineer of the army of Major General Wilkinson.
--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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War of 1812's Ichabod Crane-- Part 5: Buried on Staten Island
From Find-A-Grave.
Ichabod Bennett Crane
Born July 18, 1787 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Death Oct. 5, 1857, Staten Island, new York.
Buried at Asbury Methodist cemetery, New Springville, Staten island.
Served 48 years in the military. Served and commanded troops during the War of 1812, Black hawk War and the Seminole Wars of the 1830s. His last assignment was commander of Governors Island, New York.
His wife Charlotte Crane (1798-1878) is also buried there as is a son, William M. Crane, who died in 1880.
--Brock-Perry
Ichabod Bennett Crane
Born July 18, 1787 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Death Oct. 5, 1857, Staten Island, new York.
Buried at Asbury Methodist cemetery, New Springville, Staten island.
Served 48 years in the military. Served and commanded troops during the War of 1812, Black hawk War and the Seminole Wars of the 1830s. His last assignment was commander of Governors Island, New York.
His wife Charlotte Crane (1798-1878) is also buried there as is a son, William M. Crane, who died in 1880.
--Brock-Perry
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