The Buried Cause - by Katherine Ridgway & Christina Keyser Vida & Elizabeth Moore
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- Casting a modern light on memories and artifacts of the Civil War In December 2021, a copper box filled with artifacts that had been buried beneath the statue of Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, for 134 years was opened with great ceremony.
- About the Author: Katherine Ridgway is State Archaeological Conservator at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
- 232 Pages
- History, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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Casting a modern light on memories and artifacts of the Civil War In December 2021, a copper box filled with artifacts that had been buried beneath the statue of Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, for 134 years was opened with great ceremony. Newspaper articles from 1887 had dubbed these mementos of Lee and life in the capital during and after the Civil War "cornerstone contributions." In The Buried Cause, historians, curators, preservationists, and other experts from across the commonwealth come together to analyze these individual contributions, which include Masonic and military calling cards, copper coins gathered by the young sons of a Confederate veteran, a photograph of a memorial window in the Confederate Memorial Chapel, Southern bonds and currency, muster rolls and medals and reunion programs, and more. The essays also uncover and reveal to readers the lives of the people who donated the objects, the ceremonies that enshrined them, as well as the communities disregarded and unaccounted for in this material snapshot of the past.About the Author
Katherine Ridgway is State Archaeological Conservator at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Christina Keyser Vida is Elise H. Wright Curator of General Collections at the Valentine in Richmond, Virginia. Elizabeth Moore is State Archaeologist at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 7.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 232
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Katherine Ridgway & Christina Keyser Vida & Elizabeth Moore
Language: English
Street Date: December 16, 2025
TCIN: 1004457055
UPC: 9780813954240
Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-3866
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 1 pounds
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