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 to 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, Virginia, 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.

Sources

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


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