Stanley, a mathematics teacher at the University of Georgia, enlisted as captain of Georgia's Troop Artillery, later part of Cobb's Legion Artillery. He was ill much of the first year and resigned in April 1862. After having recovered fully, he was appointed chief of artillery and served he was promoted to major of artillery on the staff of Brigadier General Howell Cobb and sent to Quincy, FL in January 1863, where he served in an administrative capacity under several different generals.
Although he had taught mathematics and natural science before the war at Franklin College in GA, Centenary College in LA, Wesleyan Female College in GA, and the University of Georgia in addition to serving a year as secretary to Ambassador Henry Hilliard, Stanley did not return to teaching after the war. He returned to Athens, GA and became a farmer and was became a director of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company. he died may 20, 1890 and is buried in Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens, GA.
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