Joseph Gardner Swift
Joseph Gardner Swift | |
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Colonel Joseph Gardner Swift | |
| Born | December 31, 1783 |
| Died | July 23, 1865 (aged 81) |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Service years | 1802–1818 |
| Rank | Colonel Brevet brigadier general |
| Commands | Construction of Cape Fear River defenses Fort Johnson, North Carolina Superintendent of the United States Military Academy Eastern Department Defenses Chief Engineer of the US Army |
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Joseph Gardner Swift (December 31, 1783 – July 23, 1865) was an American soldier who, in 1802, became the first graduate of the newly instituted United States Military Academy in West Point, New York; he would later serve as its third superintendent from 1812 to 1814, and as chief of engineers of the United States Army from 1812 to 1818. In 1814, Swift was elected as member of the American Philosophical Society.