Kate Ridgway, lead conservator with the state Department of Historic Resources, holds up a Minié ball, a type of bullet used during the Civil War. Ammunition, Confederate money and other artifacts were found in the copper time capsule placed in the Lee statue pedestal in 1887.
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Elusive copper cornerstone box pulled from Lee pedestal, opened
Conservation experts at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources pulled books, money, ammunition, documents and other artifacts Tuesday from a long-sought-after time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal on Richmond’s Monument Avenue that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
