Historians opened a second time capsule recovered at the former site of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday.

So far, the contents appear to match a list of dozens of items in an 1887 newspaper article, including a piece of wood with a bullet in it, a Confederate button, and papers described as the constitution and bylaws of Lee Camp, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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