Focusing on the first two years of the Civil War in “Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents,” Nigel Hamilton alternates between the two men in assessing their actions as commanders in chief.

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... More than 3 million Americans fought in it, and over 600,000 men—2 percent of the population—died in it. Follow this timeline to chart the ...

It was sad to think of all he’d been through in his life, and he didn’t even have a headstone,” said Kendall Peruzzini, 13.