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The monument to the 8th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment is in the Cold Harbor National Cemetery. It was erected in 1909 by the State of New York.
The top of the eleven foot high monument has a round tablet of the Seal of the State of New York. At the base of the monument the crossed cannon symbol of the artillery support the trefoil symbol of the Second Corps. The dates 62 and 65 when the regiment was mustered in and out are surrounded by laurel leaves on each side of the base.
From the front of the monument:
New York
Eighth N. Y. Heavy Artillery
Col. Peter A. Porter
4th Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps
Army of the Potomac
Roll of Honor
Killed or died of wounds received in the
Battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864
Col. Peter A. Porter
Gardner, Alex Capt.Co. I
Brown, Fayette S. Lieut. Co. B
Caldwell, Joseph W. ” Co. A
Campbell, Oliver M. ” Co. M
Gladden, George W. ” Co. M
Hard, Wallace B. ” Co. K
Agett, James, Jr. Co. I
Albert, John ” M
Austin, Edgar ” C
Avery, James ” I
Barber, Ryan A. ” K
Barker, William, Jr. ” M
Bateman, Charles A. ” C
Bauman, William, Jr. ” F
Beals, Benjamin O. ” M
Bennett, J.A. ” E
Benson, Harvey J. ” M
Bishop, Andrew J. “B
Boomhower, Conrad ” M
Bordwell, Hiram E. ” D
Bowman, John ” B
Braat, Cornelius ” C
Brewer, James ” B
Briggs, Charles H. ” E
Brown, William H. ” E
Burgermeister, Frederick, ” H
Caldwell, James H. ” M
Calvert, Walter L. Co. I
Cartwright, Ezra ” A
Cass, Allen W. ” C
Churchwell, Cornelius ” C
Clark, Henry T. ” I
Clark, Olien ” C
Clinch, John ” M
Coe, Elwood ” B
Comststock, Adelbert ” E
Cooper, Peter L. ” E
Cork, Eli ” H
Cornell, Job ” B
Curtis, Nathaniel B. ” K
Day, George W. ” B
Dolan, Peter ” K
Duggan, Dennis ” D
Egelston, Seneca J. ” K
Elton, Washington ” B
Fenner, Irwin ” M
Fenner, William ” H
Folk, John Jr. ” I
Gors, Richard ” F
Gowett, James ” D
Hanretty, Patrick ” C
Harrington, Horace R. ” A
Hart, Charles M. ” D
Helmer, Thomas ” E
Herberger, John ” G
Henning, Mortimer ” E
Hillis, Charles ” C
How, David H. ” B
Howell, John ” B
Hoyt, Edward ” I
Ireland, William ” B
Jacobs, Joseph ” B
Johnson, Andrew H. ” K
Johnson, George W. ” B
Jones, Goerge R. ” M
Jones John ” M
Kent, John W. ” E
Krager, Frederick ” H
Lapworth, Andrew ” B
Lindan, Anthony ” F
Mann, James ” A
Maynard, Gustavus L. ” B
McDaniels, John ” H
McDonald, Milo ” K
Mehwaldt, Charles G. ” B
Meyer, Theodore ” B
Miller, William ” M
Moore, William G. ” G
Moran, Milo ” M
Morasey, James ” K
Morrison, Franklin E. ” B
Murphy, Martin ” D
Niles, Lucien J. ” D
Olds, Alfred S.” F
Palmer, Jerome ” M
Passmore, Thomas G. ” L
Pease, Spencer A. ” I
Peterson, Nathan Z. ” B
Pier, George W. ” C
Poole, George F. ” E
Putney, Horace ” M
Quayle, Robert ” M
Randall, Abial P. ” A
Rausch, Peter ” M
Reding, Nicholas ” M
Reed, Pgden J. ” C
Rinker, George W. ” K
Rittenburg, Charles ” E
Rivers, John ” C
Robbison, Charles ” F
Rogers, Elijah W. ” F
Romer, Charles C. ” B
Root, John ” B
Rose, Benjamin J, ” B
Saddleson, William H. ” B
Scanlan, John ” C
Seager, Charles ” F
Senn, Jacob ” B
Siebold, Joseph ” M
Skidmore, Webster J. ” H
Smith, William ” C
Stevens, Harvey R. ” L
Stevens, Riley ” I
Stiles, Martin W. ” B
Stock, Charles ” A
Stone, William J. ” E
Storrow, Joseph ” B
Strouts, Edward ” I
Tallman, Benjamin F. ” H
Taylor, Edwin J. ” B
Terrell, George W. ” A
Tone, john A. ” I
Torrey, John A ” I
Van Tassel, Frederick ” F
Walker, Robert, Jr. ” H
Wall, James ” H
Watson, William ” B
Weber, Joseph ” H
Welch, William ” L
Henry, Weller ” M
Whitman, Edward A. ” H
Whitman, Charles E. ” M
Wilcox, Emory ” B
Willett, Alpheas G. ” M
Wood, Frank ” H
Wood, Thomas L. ” C
Woodhull, George H. ” M
Wylie, William H. ” K
Zimmerman, John M. ” H
Location of the monument in the cemetery
The monument is along the wall on the west side of the cemetery.