John A. Tone (1836-1864)

The Gazetteer_and_biographical_record_Genesee_County_NY list of Civil War veterans includes John A. Tone and Emory Tone (1840-1866) as privates in the 129th regiment, from Genesee County (p. 100, 103). The book says this about the 129th:

The Tone Book (p. 106) has this information:

b. 1836; killed in the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 3, 1864 at the age of 28 years. He was a member of Company I, 8th N.Y. Heavy Artillery, 4th Brigade, 2nd Div., 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac. This regiment was recruited from Genesee, Orleans, and Niagara Counties and commanded by Col. Peter A. Porter of Niagara Falls, who was also killed at Cold Harbor. It was known as the "Bloody Eighth" because it stood second among 2000 regiments in the number of killed and wounded in a single engagement, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

John's brother Emory Tone (1840-1866) served in the same unit.

The "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865" from Ancestry gives an enlistment date of 12 August 1862 and a muster date of 14 August 1862. Another document there titled simply "U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866" includes the following list of battles for the 8th Heavy Artillery Regiment, New York:

Fought on 1 Mar 1863 at Ft Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD.
Fought on 19 May 1863.
Fought on 30 Jun 1863 at Maryland Heights, MD.
Fought on 30 Jul 1863 at Maryland Heights, MD.
Fought on 18 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 19 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 19 May 1864 at Pine Forest, VA.
Fought on 22 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
Fought on 24 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
Fought on 29 May 1864 at Jones Farm, VA.
Fought on 1 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 2 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 3 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 5 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 6 Jun 1864 at White House, VA.
Fought on 6 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 9 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 10 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 11 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 12 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 13 Jun 1864.
Fought on 14 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 14 Jun 1864 at Chickahominy, VA.
Fought on 16 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 17 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 18 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 22 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 23 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 24 Jun 1864.
Fought on 25 Jun 1864.
Fought on 2 Jul 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1864.
Fought on 17 Jul 1864.
Fought on 14 Aug 1864 at Deep Bottom, VA.
Fought on 15 Aug 1864 at Deep Bottom, VA.
Fought on 16 Aug 1864 at Deep Bottom, VA.
Fought on 17 Aug 1864 at Deep Bottom, VA.
Fought on 24 Aug 1864.
Fought on 25 Aug 1864 at Reams' Station, VA.
Fought on 15 Oct 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 27 Oct 1864 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
Fought on 27 Oct 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 27 Oct 1864 at Stoney Creek, VA.
Fought on 27 Oct 1864 at Boydton Plank Road, VA.
Fought on 27 Oct 1864 at Burgess Mills, VA.
Fought on 27 Oct 1864 at Burgess' Farm, VA.
Fought on 22 Nov 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 8 Feb 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 8 Feb 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
Fought on 25 Mar 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 25 Mar 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
Fought on 30 Mar 1865.
Fought on 31 Mar 1865.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865.
Fought on 8 Apr 1865.

It also gives the following history of the 8th:

New York
EIGHTH REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY (HEAVY).
Col. Peter A. Porter received, July 7, 1862, authority to recruit a regiment in the counties of Genesee, Niagara and Orleans. This regiment was, August 28, 1862, designated the 129th Regiment of Infantry. It was organized at Lockport, and there mustered in the service of the United States for three years, August 22, 1862. It was converted into a regiment of artillery, and December 19, 1862, designated the 8th Regiment of Artillery. Two additional companies were organized at Lockport in December, 1863, and January, 1864, and mustered in the United States service for one and three years.

Three companies were recruited in the county of Genesee, three in the county of Orleans, and four in Niagara county; Company L at Bennington, Bergen, Lewiston, Pavilion, LeRoy, Oakfield, Bethany, Pembroke, Alabama, Darien, Alexandria, Batavia, Rochester, Middleburg and Stafford; and M at Warsaw, China, Rochester, Sheldon, Lima, Lockport, Avon, Java and Wethersfield.

The regiment (ten companies) left the State August 23, 1862, and served as heavy artillery and infantry at Baltimore, Md., and vicinity from August 27, 1862; at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., from July 10, 1863; at Baltimore, Md., and vicinity from August 3, 1863, in the Middle Department, 8th Corps. Companies L and M joined in February, 1864, and the regiment served in Tyler's Division, 2d Corps, from May 17, 1864; in the 4th Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, from May 29, 1864; and in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, from June 26, 1864.June 5, 1865, Companies A to K were, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Joseph W. Holmes, mustered out and honorably discharged at Munson's Hill, Va.; the men not discharged with their respective companies were transferred, those of Companies G, H, I and K to the 4th N. Y. Volunteer Artillery, and those of Companies A, B, C, D, E and F, and also Companies L and M, to the 10th N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, of which the men of Companies A, D and F formed Company K; those of B, C and E Company I; Company L became Company H and M Company G.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

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