I a ia e mahi ana hei kaipuke i runga i te kaipuke kaipuke i te 29 o Akuhata 1861, i uru a Swearer ki te hopu i a Fort Clark i Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Mo tana mahi i te wa o tenei mahi, e mohiotia ana ko te Pakanga o Hatteras Inlet Batteries
I whakawhiwhia a Swearer ki te Medal of Honor i te Paenga-whāwhā 3, 1863.