Kenneth W Noe

Kenneth W. Noe is an American historian whose primary interests are the American Civil War, Appalachia and the American South. He has most recently published Reluctant Rebels: The Confederates Who Joined the Army after 1861, a study of "late enlisters" and their motivations and loyalties.

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 in 1981, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1990. He was a Pulitzer Prize entrant for his book Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle. As of 2010 he is the Draughon Professor of Southern History at Auburn University in Alabama.