Inside The Capsule!

Hidden treasures inside the statue of Robert E. Lee.

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Secrets from the tomb.

Civil War artifacts discovered in the former statue of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

The controversial statue was removed from Monument Row in Richmond, Virginia.

Historians unearth a time capsule of relics from the white nationalist who surrendered to the Union Army in 1865. 

Items inside included an 1865 edition of Harper's Weekly magazine with an clear image of a figure weeping over Abraham Lincoln's grave; a Bible with a coin stuck to it; and a Richmond directory.

Also found were more newspapers, books, coins, and letters. A minié ball, a type of bullet commonly used in the American Civil War, was also discovered.

Conservators from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) carefully opened the box and worked with caution. Water was found inside the box and its items had expanded, making it difficult for them to be removed.

Kate Ridgeway, Virginia's Archaeological Conservator and who led the box's opening, said the artifact was a "little more wet than we had hoped for."

Crews now will continue to work on preserving and researching the items that were found inside the capsule over the next couple of days and weeks.