Lengkepan kalimah di handap ieu: Nalika ngalayanan salaku Seaman dina kapal uap sloop-of-perang dina tanggal 29 Agustus 1861, Swearer milu dina néwak Fort Clark di Hatteras Inlet, Karolina Kalér. Pikeun jasa-Na salila aksi ieu, katelah
Perang Hatteras Inlet Batteries, Swearer dilélér Medal of Honor dina 3 April 1863.