Ludwell H. Johnson

Ludwell Harrison Johnson III (March 30, 1927 – June 5, 2017) was a professor of history at the College of William and Mary. His main expertise was the American Civil War, with a focus on the political and economic motives of those who sought independence in the form of a new Confederacy.

Johnson was born in 1927 in Charleston, West Virginia. He was raised in Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1945-1946 and received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1955. In November, 1996, Johnson was[1] diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer.

Johnson died on June 5, 2017 in Williamsburg, VA at the age of 90.[2]

Bibliography
  • Johnson, Ludwell H. (1958). Red River Campaign: Politics and Cotton in the Civil War. Johns Hopkins Press. ISBN 0-87338-486-5.
  • Johnson, Ludwell H. (1978). Division and Reunion: America, 1848–1877. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-44349-2, OCLC 3415277.
    • Republished as North Against South: The American Iliad, 1848–1877. Foundation for American Education. ISBN 0-9623842-7-5, OCLC 49773775.

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References
  1. "High Profile: Ludwell Johnson". Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  2. "Ludwell Johnson Obituary - Williamsburg, VA | Virginia Gazette".


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