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Eighth New York Heavy Artillery.
Tyler's Brigade —
Gibbon's Division--Second Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | 19 |
| Company | A | 1 | 20 | 21 | | 23 | 23 | 210 |
| | B | 1 | 55 | 56 | | 26 | 26 | 237 |
| | C | 2 | 37 | 39 | | 23 | 23 | 217 |
| | D | 2 | 26 | 28 | | 16 | 16 | 202 |
| | E | | 34 | 34 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 224 |
| | F | 4 | 18 | 22 | | 30 | 30 | 225 |
| | G | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 209 |
| | H | | 32 | 32 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 215 |
| | I | 1 | 21 | 22 | | 25 | 25 | 197 |
| | K | 1 | 26 | 27 | | 26 | 26 | 204 |
| | L | | 20 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 35 | 203 |
| | M | 3 | 40 | 43 | | 18 | 18 | 213 |
| Totals | 19 | 342 | 361 | 4 | 298 | 302 | 2,575 |
361 killed == 14 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 1,010; died of disease in Confederate prisons (previously included), 102.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Spotsylvania, Va., May 19, 1864 | 10 | Ream's Station, Va. | 24 |
| North Anna, Va. | 2 | Boydton Road, Va. | 13 |
| Cold Harbor, Va. | 207 | Hatcher's Run, Va., March 25, 1865 | 1 |
| Petersburg Assault, Va. | 42 | Dabney's Mills, Va. | 2 |
| Weldon Railroad, Va., June 22, 1864 | 34 | White Oak Road, Va. | 2 |
| Siege of Petersburg, Va. | 16 | Picket, Va., Feb. 8, 1865 | 1 |
| Deep Bottom, Va. | 4 | By Prison Guards | 3 |
Present, also, at
Totopotomoy;
High Bridge;
Farmville;
Appomattox.
notes.--Organized at
Lockport in August, 1862, as the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Infantry, the men coming from
Niagara,
Orleans, and
Genesee counties.
It was changed to heavy artillery in December, 1862, and two additional companies were added in January, 1864.
The regiment performed garrison duty until May, 1864, when it was sent with the other heavy artillery commands to the front to reinforce
General Grant.
It was in action for the first time at
Spotsylvania, Va., May 19, 1864, where it lost 8 killed, 21 wounded, and 4 missing. At Cold Harbor the Eighth lost 80 killed, 339 wounded, and 86 missing; total, 505--it having twelve large companies engaged there.
In that battle
Colonel Porter led the regiment in its grand charge upon the enemy's works, and fell dead in the extreme advance.
Eight officers were killed in that action.
In the assault on
Petersburg the regiment made another gallant attack on the
Confederate lines, in which
Col. Bates and
Major Blake fell mortally wounded.
In the actions around
Petersburg, June 15-23, 1864, the regiment lost 42 killed, 261 wounded, and 5 missing; total, 308.
Though known as an artillery regiment, the men carried rifles, and were drilled as infantry.
When they took the field, their full ranks--twelve companies of 150 men each — made them a very efficient organization, but their heavy losses in action soon reduced their long lines, until but few were left to witness the last fight at
Appomattox.
During all its service in the field, in 1864-‘65, the regiment was attached to the Second Division (
Gibbon's) of the Second Corps.
