GEORGE LAMBERTON WOODLEY -- 118th INFANTRYPROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 1864 - George Lamberton Woodley, the son of Samuel Woodley and Margaret Lamberton, was living with his parents on their farm about two miles south of Sciota. In August 1862, when he was 23 years old, he was recruited by Captain Levi Dominy for Company B of the 118th Infantry. On August 29th, he was mustered into the regiment in Plattsburgh with other men from Chazy, Ellenburg and Saranac.After leaving for Washington at the beginning of September the 118th traveled through Baltimore on railroad duty and then camped in the capital until leaving for the Siege of Suffolk in April 1863. George missed the siege because he was in hospital in Washington and only went into the field later in the year when he found himself on detached service in Portsmouth, VA, and was promoted corporal.In 1864, George was with the regiment fighting in the Petersburg/Richmond theater until October 1864, when he again was in hospital. In December he was promoted to sergeant while they were in camp near Richmond. They entered Richmond on April 3, 1865, and that was the end of the fighting for the 118th. George mustered out on June 13, 1865.He returned home and was married to Isabella Vassar in 1870. She was one of the twelve children of Joseph Vassar and Marie Peltier who had come to the Town of Chazy to farm. The couple had two children and in 1880 were living and farming in the Sciota area. George died in July 1882 when he was 43 years old, and Isabella's pension started in September.George was buried in the West Chazy Rural Cemetery near his daughter, Winifred, who had died in 1875. Their son, Hardy, died in 1925 at age 47 and Isabella joined them in 1926 at 83 years of age.
