Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I rere a Swanton, tana wahine me tana tamahine ki Maine i te wā o te Pakanga ā-Iwi, i mahue i te whare ki te tiaki o te pouaru a Mrs. Johnson. I te Hōngongoi 19, 1864, ka noho te whare hei tari matua o te Ope Taua o Tennessee, i a ratou e haere ana ki te Whawhai o Atlanta
He aha? Ko te taenga mai o te Tiamana Thomas W. Sweeny ki te Whare Swanton kua tuhia ki nga tuhinga o taua wa. I muri mai, i te wa i whakahaua ai e General Sherman te noho o Atlanta i te marama o Hepetema 1864, i whakamahia e te Ope Taua o Ohio te Whare Swanton hei tari matua. Na reira i ora ai te whare i te whakangaromanga i te pakanga.