 "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.Medal of Honor recipient Hendrick Sharp died in late July 1892 aboard the receiving ship at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.