JOSEPH and TUFFIELD PATNODE -- 153rd INFANTRYIn February 1865, ten men recruited from all over the state were sent tothe Shenandoah Valley to serve with the 153rd Infantry. Two brothersenlisted in Mooers on the February 15th. They were the sons ofTuffield Patnode (Adolphus Théophile Patenaude) and Julie Duffina (JuliaDauphinais) who were married in 1845 in Lacolle, Quebec. Like manyQuebec couples they lived on both sides of the border, before finallysettling in the United States. In this case, they set up house in theKeeseville area where the younger children were born. Tuffield, theelder brother was 20 years old in 1865 and was born in Coopersville.Joseph, the younger of the brothers was 18 years old and was born inLacolle. Both received town bounties of \$100 and county bounties of\$100.The 153rd was with the Army of the Shenandoah at the time of theirarrival. The Army, still under General Philip Sheridan, had 31,000+Union men in the Valley. After the command of the Army was given toGeneral Alfred Torbert in April, the regiment moved to Washington untilafter the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington at the end of May andthen sailed to Savannah to perform provost and guard duties.All went well with the brothers until Joseph became absent and sickwhile on duty at Hinesville, GA, which had been devastated in December1864, when General Sherman and his Army marched through the state. Hewas taken to Hyattsville, GA, where he died of a fever on August 25,1865, and was buried in Savannah about 45 miles northeast of Hinesville.Tuffield continued to serve for another few weeks until he was musteredout with his company of October 2nd.Tuffield married in 1869 and raised a family. In 1910 he was working asa laborer in a paper mill in Jay, and several of his unmarried childrenwere living with the couple He died in 1916 after receiving an InvalidsPension for over 25 years. Louisa Williams, his wife, immediatelyapplied for a Widows Pension. His long-lived parents died only a fewyears before him. Julie started getting a pension based on Joseph'sservice in 1879 and when she died in 1910, her husband applied for thepension. He only received it for one year because he died in 1911.
