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Ludwell Harrison Johnson III (born 1927) 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 diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer.
Johnson died on June 5, 2017 in Williamsburg, VA at the age of 90.http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vagazette/obituary.aspx?pid=185786504
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