# Hendrick Sharp

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{{Infobox military person
|name               = Hendrick Sharp
|image              = US Navy Medal of Honor (1862 original).png
|image_size         = 150
|caption            = Civil War era Navy Medal of Honor
|birth_date         = c. 1815
|death_date         = July 1892
|birth_place        = [Málaga](/source/M%C3%A1laga), [Spain](/source/Spain)
|death_place        = [Norfolk Naval Shipyard](/source/Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard), [Portsmouth, Virginia](/source/Portsmouth%2C_Virginia)
|burial_place       = Captain Ted Conaway Memorial Naval Cemetery, [Portsmouth, Virginia](/source/Portsmouth%2C_Virginia)
|burial_label       = Place of burial
|burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} -->
|allegiance         = United States
|branch             = [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy)
|service_years      = 
|rank               = [Seaman](/source/Seaman_(rank))
|unit               = {{USS|Richmond|1860|6}}
|battles            = [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War)<br/>{{*}} [Battle of Mobile Bay](/source/Battle_of_Mobile_Bay)
|awards             = [Medal of Honor](/source/Medal_of_Honor)
}}

'''Hendrick Sharp''' (c. 1815 – July 1892) was a [Union Navy](/source/Union_Navy) sailor in the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the [Medal of Honor](/source/Medal_of_Honor), for his actions at the [Battle of Mobile Bay](/source/Battle_of_Mobile_Bay).

==Military service==
Born in 1815 in Spain, Sharp immigrated to the United States and was living in New York when he joined the U.S. Navy. He served in the Civil War as a [seaman](/source/Seaman_(rank)) and gun captain on the {{USS|Richmond|1860|6}}. During the [Battle of Mobile Bay](/source/Battle_of_Mobile_Bay) on August 5, 1864, he "fought his gun with skill and courage" despite heavy fire. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later, on December 31, 1864.<ref name="hallofvalor"/><ref name="citation"/>

==Medal of Honor citation==
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.

'''Sharp's official Medal of Honor citation reads:'''
<blockquote>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](/source/CSS_Tennessee_(1863))'' 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](/source/Fort_Morgan_(Alabama)).<ref name="citation"/></blockquote>

==Death and burial==
Medal of Honor recipient Hendrick Sharp died in late July 1892 aboard the receiving ship {{USS|Franklin|1864}} at the [Norfolk Naval Shipyard](/source/Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard), [Portsmouth, Virginia](/source/Portsmouth%2C_Virginia). He was buried at Captain Ted Conaway Memorial Naval Cemetery in [Portsmouth, Virginia](/source/Portsmouth%2C_Virginia). His status as a Medal of Honor recipient was not discovered until late 2009. A new grave marker indicating his decoration was unveiled in 2010.<ref name="usnperron"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="hallofvalor">{{Hallofvalor|1242|accessdate=September 17, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="citation">{{Cite web
 |title=Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (M–Z)
 |work=Medal of Honor Citations
 |publisher=[United States Army Center of Military History](/source/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History)
 |date=June 26, 2011
 |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html
 |accessdate=September 17, 2012
 |url-status=dead
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223063700/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html
 |archivedate=February 23, 2009
}}</ref>

<ref name="usnperron">{{Cite web
 |last        = Perron
 |first       = Rebecca A.
 |title       = Memorial Day Observed at NMCP Cemetery
 |publisher   = United States Navy
 |date        = May 31, 2010
 |url         = http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=53749
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170507082859/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=53749
 |archivedate = May 7, 2017
 |url-status  = dead
}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
* {{Find a Grave|13083369}}

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Category:1892 deaths
Category:Spanish emigrants to the United States
Category:People of New York (state) in the American Civil War
Category:Union navy sailors
Category:United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients
Category:Foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients
Category:American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor

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