out of Port Royal. On March 11, 1862, a landing party led by ship's commanding officer, Commander C. R. P. Rodgers, occupied St. Augustine, Florida. A detachment of seamen and officers from Wabash landed and manned a battery which bombarded Fort Pulaski, Georgia, on April 10 and April 11, 1862 and was instrumental in forcing that Southern fort to surrender. A naval battery of three 12 pounder howitzers from Wabash supported Union troops at the Battle of Pocotaligo, on October 22, 1862. [[File:USS Wabash, last gun from Fort Sumter, photo-type by Gutekunst of painting by A.C. Stewart (18037541325).jpg|right|thumb|Wabash at Fort Sumter]] Confederate vessels twice harassed Wabash while on duty in Port Royal Sound. On August 5, 1863, , a small steamer on picket duty below Fort Sumter, fired upon and ran down a launch from Wabash, capturing 10 sailors and drowning two. The submarine torpedo boat also attacked Wabash on April 18, 1864. Ensign Charles H. Craven, officer of the deck, spotted the cigar-shaped vessel in time for Wabash to get underway. The David disengaged from the attack in the face of musket fire and round shot discharged from Wabash. North Atlantic Blockading SquadronWabash departed her station on 1 October, bound for the Norfolk Navy Yard and an overhaul. En route, she grounded briefly on Frying Pan Shoals, suffering minor damage to her rudder. Repairs and overhaul were completed by 16 December, in time for Wabash to join the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and to participate in the first attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on December 24 and December 25, 1864. The failure of this initial attempt to take the fort necessitated a second, successful combined operation between January 13 and January 15, 1865. It was during this second attack on Fort Fisher, that corporal Andrew J. Tomlin and ordinary seamen Louis C. Shepard earned the Medal of Honor.Wabash returned to Hampton Roads on January 17, 1865, receiving orders on January 25, 1865 to proceed to the Boston Navy Yard. Wabash was decommissioned at Boston on February 14, 1865. Prizes Officers during Fort Fisher siege Captain, Melancton Smith Lieutenant Commander, C. H. Cushman. Lieutenants, Ellicot C. V. Blake, H. C. Tallman Surgeon, H. F. McSherry. Passed Assistant Surgeon, James H. Tinkham. Acting Assistant Surgeon, N. L. Campbell. Paymaster, George Cochran. Chaplain, Charles A. Davis. Marine Second Lieutenant, L. E. Fagan. Acting Masters, W. U. Grozier, S. J. White. Acting