Contributed by: Robin Moore Martin Vance Stanley, Sgt., born in Columbus County, son of William Jackson Stanley and Helen Victoria Gore, by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Columbus County at the age of 21 on May 24, 1861, mustered in as Sgt. present and accounted for until wounded at the Battle of Manassas, Virgina on August 30, 1862. Died September 5, 1862 of wounds. Place of death not reported. Company C, 18th Regiment |