Philip Noland was born on 10 January 1836, in Conecuh County, Alabama, the son of Samuel Noland and Nancy Warren.

The 1860 Census of Pickens County, Alabama lists Philip Noland’s occupation as a schoolteacher.

Philip Aubrey Noland’s Confederate Military Records can be located at Fold3.com.

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On 11 January 1861, Alabama seceded from the Union.

ENLISTMENT INTO THE (CSA) CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY

On 18 March 1861, in Pickens County, Alabama, Philip Noland enlists as a Third Sergeant in Company B, “Lane Guards”, Alabama Infantry, under Captain Thomas C. Lanier from Pickens County, Alabama.

On 26 March 1861, at Fort Morgan, at Mobile Bay, Baldwin County, Alabama, the 2nd Regiment, “Magnolia Regiment”, Alabama Infantry, under Colonel Harry Maury is organized. Transferred, the Lane Guards are swear-in by Lieutenant F. A. Sharp, for a year period. Third Sergeant Philip Noland is absent, on furlough.

RE-ENLISTMENT

On 17 March 1862, Thrid Sergeant Phiip Noland re-enlists at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, by Major L W O’Bannon, under Captain Thomas C. Lanier's Company B, "Lane Guards" for a two-year period.

Private Philip Nolands discription follows:

26 years old, blue eyes, dark hair, dark complextion and 5'8" tall, born in Conecuh, Alabama, Occupation: Farmer

On 26 April 1862, Philip appears on the Receipt roll for Comutation of Rations at Columbus, Mississippi.

On 16 May 1862, (after twelve month terms of service were completed), B Company, 2nd Regiment Alabama Infantry is reorganized into the 42nd Regiment Alabama Infantry. The 42nd Regiment is brigaded under General John C. Moore of Texas , “Moore’s Brigade”.

From 3-4 October 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi, the “Battle of Corinth” was fought.

Moore’s Brigade had suffered great casualties and winterd in Mississippi afterwards.

BATTLE AND SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

From 18 May – 4 July 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant's Union Army of the Tennessee waged a fighting campaign of maneuver to isolate the city of Vicksburg and the Confederates defending it. Confederate commander General John C. Pemberton had no choice but retreat to the defenses of Vicksburg and hold out until reinforcements. For 47 days, the Federal host bombarded the city while the Confederate soldiers and civilians alike suffered. On July 4, Pemberton surrendered his army to Grant, ending the siege.

CAPTURED AND PAROLLED AT VICKSBURG

On 4 July 1863, Private Philip Noland was surrendered at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Private Philip, like other captors, was paroled and permitted to return to their homes, by Major General Ulysses S. Grant of the United States Union Army.

The released troops reorganized and taken arms again against the U.S. Government at the “Battle of Look Out Mountain”, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN

On 24 November 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker assaulted Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and defeated Confederate forces commanded by Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.

RECAPTURED AND TAKEN PRISONER

On 24 November 1863, Private Philip Noland was captured again, during the "Battle of Look Out Mountain".

On 3 December 1863 Private Philip Noland was forwarded from the Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky to Rock Island Barracks, Illinois.

On 5 December 1863, Private Philip Noland was confined at Rock Island Barracks, Illinois.

ROCK ISLAND PRISON

Rock Island Prison was located on the north side of the government-owned island in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, near Moline, Illinois. 12 acres of this swampy island were designated as a spot to build the prison. During Civil War times, it was known as Rock Island but today is referred to as Arsenal Island.

AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA

On 25 July 1866, in Pickens County, Alabama, Philip Noland married Annie Stapp, the daughter of William Stapp Senior and Mary Polly Maxwell.

Philip built a log cabin a few miles away from the Stapp mill/home. They began raising a family during the harsh times of the reconstruction era. It was difficult for a "rebel" to find work. The cash book of her, (Ann Stapp Noland) father's (William Stapp Sr.) reflects that often he would loan money to Philip Noland.

Family tradition states that Philip was a member of the KKK (as were most of the former rebels in Pickens County, Alabama).

Philip was a member of the Masonic Lodge would ride a horse back to Columbus, Mississippi for meetings. Some of those meetings may have been KKK meetings.

On 21 September 1889, in Olney, Pickens County, Alabama, Philip Noland died of acute appendicitis.

BURIAL

Buried at Unity Cemetery, Olney, Pickens County, Alabama.

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