Notable Crew
- Samuel Barron, Captain 1858, United States, and later Confederate naval officer, Confederacy representative to Europe.
- George Dewey, Midshipman 1858, future Admiral of the Navy and Presidential candidate 1900.
- Samuel Francis Du Pont, flag officer 1861 - 1862
- Frederick K. Engle, Captain 1856,
- Oscar Walter Farenholt, Ordinary Seaman 1861, first enlisted man in the Navy to reach flag rank
- Samuel Mercer, Captain 1861,
- Edward D. Robie, Naval engineer 1871, inventor, Union naval officer during the American Civil War and future Rear Admiral.
- Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers, Captain 1861, Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron.
- Melancton Smith, Captain 1865, Commander during the Siege of Fort Fisher.
- John Henry Upshur, Executive officer 1862 during the Battle of Port Royal, Port Royal, South Carolina.
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