The Civil War sesquicentennial is a far different animal than the centennial of which Catton was an icon. For vivid proof of that, just watch an hour or two of C–SPAN3’s coverage of the last Signature Conference of Virginia’s Civil War sesquicentennial commission, held Saturday in Old Cabell Hall at the “academical village” created by Thomas Jefferson. University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan welcomed hundreds of attendees from across the country and overseas, saying it seemed fitting to gather on U.Va.’s historic grounds. A tad more than 150 years e...