party which assaulted the fort. The nine men were: Landsman Gurdon H. Barter Seaman David L. Bass Ordinary Seaman Thomas Connor Ordinary Seaman Thomas Harcourt Seaman Charles Mills Corporal John Rannahan Private John Shivers Private Henry A. Thompson Ordinary Seaman Franklin L. Wilcox Prizes Later service Ordered to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Minnesota was decommissioned on 16 February 1865. She was recommissioned on 3 June 1867 and made a cruise with midshipmen to Europe. She was placed in ordinary at the New York Navy Yard on 13 January 1868. Recommissioned on 12 June 1875, she remained at the New York Navy Yard as a gunnery and training ship for naval apprentices. In 1881 she was transferred to Newport, Rhode Island where she served as the flagship of the US Navy Training Squadron. From 1881 to 1884 she was commanded by Captain Stephen Luce who founded the Naval War College in 1884. The warship took part in dedication ceremonies for the Brooklyn Bridge on 24 May 1883. Three sailors assigned to Minnesota were awarded the Medal of Honor during this period: Captain of the Top William Lowell Hill and Ship's Cook Adam Weissel for rescuing fellow sailors from drowning in separate 1881 incidents, and Second Class Boy John Lucy for his actions during a fire at the Castle Garden immigration facility in 1876. In October 1895, Minnesota was loaned to the Massachusetts Naval Militia, continuing that duty until August 1901 when she was sold to Thomas Butler & Company of Boston. She eventually was burned to salvage her iron fittings at Eastport, Maine. See also List of steam frigates of the United States Navy List of naval ships named for Minnesota Bibliography of early American naval history Union Navy References • Silverstone, Paul H. Warships of the Civil War Navies Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1989, . Ships built in the District of Columbia Ships of the Union Navy Gunboats of the United States Navy American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States Sailing frigates of the United States Navy Minnesota in the American Civil War Steamships of the United States Navy Steam frigates 1855 ships Maritime incidents in March 1862