Philip N. Racine, originally from Brunswick, Maine, is a historian who now resides in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He has written numerous articles and books about southern history, including Hub City's Seeing Spartanburg (1999), a pictorial history. Racine is currently the William R. Kenan Professor of History and Department Chair of Wofford College, where he has taught since 1969.

Racine entered Bowdoin College as an English major; however, after refusing to devote an entire semester studying The Faerie Queene, he joined the history department, where he discovered an interest in the American Civil War. Later, Racine went on the receive masters and doctoral degrees in American history from Emory University.

In 1986, Racine shared the "Founder's Award" with Richard B. Harwell for their distinguished research and writing of The Fiery Trail: A Union Officer's Account of Sherman's Last Campaigns from Richmond, Virginia's Confederate Memorial Literary Society of the Confederate Museum. Racine is also the author or editor of Spartanburg County: A Pictorial History, Piedmont Farmer: The Journals of David Golightly Harris 1855-1870, and "Unspoiled Heart": The Journal of Charles Mattocks of the 17th Maine.