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Lee button found in time capsule under Confederate monument

Workers found the time capsule while dismantling a 75-foot Confederate statue that stood on the state Capitol grounds for 125 years.

RALEIGH, N.C. — (Editor's Note: Attached video is from a previous story)

A button that experts believe was from Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's dress coat and a strand of hair from his horse are among the items found inside a time capsule discovered when workers removed the base of a Confederate statue from the grounds of the North Carolina State Capitol. 

Workers found the time capsule while dismantling a 75-foot Confederate statue that stood on the state Capitol grounds for 125 years. 

Also among the discoveries reported by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources were Confederate money, songbooks, and flags and a stone believed to be from Gettysburg. 

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