The 8th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment lost 19 officers and 342 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 298 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.
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Organized at Lockport, N.Y., as the 129th Regiment Infantry |
October 19 |
Designation changed to 8th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment |
October |
Garrison duty at Forts Federal Hill, Marshall and McHenry, Defenses of Baltimore, Md. attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
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January |
Attached to 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps |
July 10 |
At Maryland Heights, attached to 2nd Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, Army of West Virginia |
August 3 |
At Baltimore attached to 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps |
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February |
At Green Springs Run and Romney for a few days. Companies L and M join Regiment at Baltimore |
May 12 |
Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field attached to Tyler's Heavy Artillery Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May-June |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 15-29 |
Attached to 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 17-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 19 |
Harris Farm or Fredericksburg Road |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 to April 2 |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
June 26 |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
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March 25 |
Watkin's House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 31 |
Crow's House |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May 2-12 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 5 |
Mustered out. Veterans and Recruits of Companies G, H, I and K transferred to 4th New York Heavy Artillery; Companies A, B, C, D, E and F to 10th New York Heavy Artillery. |