SHARP, HENDRICK
Rank and Organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1815, Spain. Accredited
To: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation:
As captain of a 100-pounder rifle gun on topgallant forecastle on board the U.S.S.
Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in
Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board
as enemy fire raked her decks, Sharp fought his gun with skill and courage throughout a
furious 2-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in
the damaging and destruction of the batteries at Fort Morgan.
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