Career
While serving as a Seaman aboard the steam sloop-of-war United States Ship Pawnee on August 29, 1861, Swearer took part in the capture of Fort Clark at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
While serving as a Seaman aboard the steam sloop-of-war United States Ship Pawnee on August 29, 1861, Swearer took part in the capture of Fort Clark at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.