Kenneth W. Noe

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PHONE: (334) 844-6626
EMAIL: noekenn@auburn.edu
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Kenneth W. Noe, Draughon Professor of Southern History (B.A., Emory & Henry, 1979; M.A., Virginia Tech, 1981; MSLS, University of Kentucky, 1983, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1990).

A native of Virginia, Dr. Noe taught at West Georgia College for ten years before coming to Auburn in 2000. His major teaching and research areas are the American Civil War and Appalachian history. His major publications include Politics and Culture of the Civil War Era: Essays in Honor of Robert W. Johannsen, co-edited with Daniel J. McDonough (Seligsgrove, Pa., 2006); Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle (Lexington, 2002); The Civil War in Appalachia: Collected Essays, co-edited with Shannon H. Wilson (Knoxville, 1997); A Southern Boy in Blue: The Memoir of Marcus Woodcock, 9th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) (Knoxville, 1996); and Southwest Virginia's Railroad: Modernization and the Sectional Crisis (Urbana, 1994; paperback ed., Tuscaloosa, 2003). He is a Pulitzer Prize nominee and the winner of the 2003 Kentucky Governor’s Award, the 2002 Peter Seaborg Book Award for Civil War Non-fiction, and the 1997 Tennessee History Book Award, as well as several teaching awards.

His current research involves the motivations of Civil War soldiers who did not enlist until at least 1862, and also the memory of the war as constructed by former general (and Auburn professor) James H. Lane.

Dr. Noe is a frequent speaker on the Civil War Round Table circuit, and a participant in the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program.

Last updated July 14, 2006.
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