b. 1815 Malaga, Spain. d. 07/1892 ?
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 05/08/1864 Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, Alabama.
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 and gun captain on the USS Richmond. During the 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.
MOH 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 against 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 two-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
BURIAL LOCATION: CAPTAIN TED CONAWAY NAVAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA.
SECTION 3, ROW 8, HEADSTONE 13.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
