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Joseph Gardner Swift

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Gender Male
Death158 years ago
Date of birth December 31,1783
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born Nantucket
Massachusetts
United States
Date of died July 22,1865
DiedGeneva
New York
United States
Battles and wars War of 1812
Battle of Crysler's Farm
Job Soldier
Education United States Military Academy
BooksThe 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
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Parents Deborah Swift
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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.

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