 Following repairs at the Boston Navy Yard which lasted over a month and one-half, "Tallapoosa" was assigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron.Her most notable duty during this assignment occurred on 11 January 1865 when she assisted in salvaging material and equipment from screw frigate which had run aground in the Bahamas on an uncharted reef near Green Turtle Cay off Grand Abaco Island.After the American Civil War ended, "Tallapoosa" served in the Gulf Squadron—cruising in the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico—until 1867 when she was laid up at the Washington Navy Yard.