Kenneth W. Noe is an American historian whose primary interests are the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

, Appalachia and the American South. He has most recently published ''The Howling Storm: Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War''. Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1957, he grew up in Elliston, Virginia. He received his B.A. from Emory & Henry College, M.A. from

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six re ...

in 1981, and his Ph.D. from the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univer ...

in 1990. He was a finalist for the

Lincoln Prize The Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, founded by the late Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman in partnership with Gabor Boritt, Director Emeritus of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, is administered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute for Ameri ...

, and twice a Pulitzer Prize entrant, for his books ''Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle'', and ''The Howling Storm.'' In 2021 he retired as the Draughon Professor of Southern History at Auburn University in Alabama.

Bibliography

* Pulitzer Prize Entrant, 2020; Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Finalist, 2021 * * * * History Book Club Alternate Selection, 2001; Pulitzer Prize Entrant, 2001; Peter Seaborg Book Award for Civil War Non-Fiction, 2002; Kentucky Governor's Award, 2003 * * Tennessee History Book Award, 1997 *

References

External links

Interview with Kenneth W. Noe on ''Reluctant Rebels: The Confederates Who Joined the Army after 1861
*https://kennethwnoe.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Noe, Kenneth W. Historians of the American Civil War Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 1957 births Emory and Henry College alumni University of Illinois alumni Virginia Tech alumni Auburn University faculty People from Richmond, Virginia People from Montgomery County, Virginia Historians from Virginia American male non-fiction writers