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The Confederates might have lost the Civil War, but they still held onto their dream of expanding south of the border.

By the time John Clem was discharged near the end of the war, he had not only seen active combat but had become a national folk hero as well.

The color green wasn't always synonymous with money.

Major General John G. Parke of the Union Army

How Civil War commanders wore their facial hair, in one chart.

It wasn't a superior army that vanquished the South; it was a patriotic counterfeiter and his $15 million in fake bills.

They've sat at the bottom of the South Carolina river ever since they were pushed overboard 150 years ago.

Think of it as some of the original farm-to-table cuisine.

Long before Arlington's famous Tomb of the Unknown Solider had a round-the-clock guard, the estate was home to a much different kind of solider: Union troops.

We're covering the final days of the Civil War exactly 150 years later.

For the next few weeks, we'll be covering the final days of the Civil War exactly 150 years later.

For the next few months, we'll be covering the end of the Civil War, exactly 150 years later. This is the second installment of the series.

For the next few months, we'll be covering the end of the Civil War, exactly 150 years later. This is the first installment of this series.

The Confederacy's Plan to Conquer Latin America

The 12-Year-Old Who Fought In the Civil War

Why Is U.S. Currency Green?

A Scientific Analysis of Civil War Beards

The Counterfeiter Who Sank the Confederacy

Pristine Civil War Cannons Removed From South Carolina's Pee Dee River

8 Curious Civil War-Era Recipes We Still Eat Today

The Battle for Arlington National Cemetery

Fall of the South: “Now He Belongs to the Ages”

Fall of the South: Lee Surrenders

Fall of the South: Breakthrough and the Burning of Richmond

150 Years Ago Today: Confederates Vote to Arm Slaves

Fall of the South: “With Malice Toward None”

Fall of the South: The Burning of Columbia

150 Years Ago: Congress Passes Thirteenth Amendment