Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I a ia e mahi ana hei kaipuke i runga i te kaipuke kaipuke i te Akuhata 29, 1861, i uru a Swearer ki te hopu i a Fort Clark i Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Hoki tona mahi i roto i tenei mahi, e mohiotia ana ko te
I te Pakanga o Hatteras Inlet Batteries, i whakawhiwhia a Swearer ki te Medal of Honor i te Paenga-whāwhā 3, 1863.