ADOLPHUS PATAN - 16th and 96thINFANTRYGOT \$300 FOR SECOND ENLISTMENT - So many variations on AdolphusPatnaude -- Patan, Patnode, Patton, Patno, Patnau -- and all can befound in "Dolph's" records. He was born in Peru, the son of OliverPatnaude and Louisa Mitchell.Adolphus joined the 16th Infantry on May15, 1861, and was assigned toCaptain Martin Curtis' Company G with 63 other privates. He was in FirstBull Run and the bloody battle of Gaines' Mill, where there were 231casualties, before he was discharged for disability on September 20,1862, in Washington.He next joined the 96th Infantry in April 1864 for a town bounty of\$300, just after the regiment had been assigned to the Army of theJames and before they were assigned to the Seat of Battle in Virginia.With Company K, he fought from May to October in some of the more famousbattles of 1864 -- Cold Harbor, Chaffin's Farm and 2nd Fair Oaks -- aswell as several other battles.When they came out of winter quarters in April 1865, they witnessed theFall of Petersburg on April 2nd. On June 13, 1865, the men who had notserved their three years with the 118th and 184th Infantries wereassigned to the 96th, and the regiment mustered out at City Point, VA,on February 6, 1866, having been retained in service in the vicinity ofRichmond for the performance of various necessary police and garrisonduties.He came home and supported his family as a miner and in 1870, he wasliving in Dannemora with his wife and two kids. They later moved toMinnesota.
