The Buried Cause: Unearthing Hidden History in the Lee Monument Cornerstone

Author:   Katherine Ridgway ,  Christina Keyser Vida ,  Elizabeth Moore ,  Adam H. Domby
Publisher:   University of Virginia Press
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Pages:   264
Publication Date:   06 February 2026
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The Buried Cause: Unearthing Hidden History in the Lee Monument Cornerstone


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Author:   Katherine Ridgway ,  Christina Keyser Vida ,  Elizabeth Moore ,  Adam H. Domby
Publisher:   University of Virginia Press
Imprint:   University of Virginia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9780813954240


ISBN 10:   081395424
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   06 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Editor's Note Introduction / Adam Domby General Monument Avenue 1. Creating Monument Avenue / John Salmo 2. Richmond's Other Confederate Cornerstones / Christina Keyser Vida 3. ""For A Far Remote Posterity"": Cornerstone Boxes and Masonic Ceremonies / Sir Knight Peter Spring and Christina Keyser Vida 4. How to Make a Time Capsule: Lessons Learned While Opening and Preserving the Lee Monument Cornerstone Boxes / Sue Donovan and Katherine Ridgway Life and Times 5. Where Are the Women? / Caroline E. Janney 6. Mitchell's Prophecy: Black Richmonders, the Lee Monument, and the Lost Cause Redux, 1890–2021 / Ervin L. Jordan Jr. 7. In Other News: Stories from The Daily Times, October 23, 1887 / Sam Florer 8. Calling Cards: An Introduction from the Past / Elizabeth Moore 10. Twelve Copper Coins from Two Little Boys / Erik Goldstein 11. Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Two Carved Objects / Laura Galke 12. Biography of a Contribution: The Nolting Note / Maggie Creech 13. Virginia Is for Huguenot Lovers / Laura Lavernia Militariana 14. Buttoning on a Navy in Haste / Brendan Burke and Patrick Boyle 15. Carlton McCarthy's Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life / Christopher A. Graham 16. Analyzing the Past: Analysis of an Army of Northern Virginia Badge / Hannah Sanner 17. The Richmond Sharpshooters, Company H, Twenty-Third Virginia Infantry Confederate Veterans Muster Roll / Robert L. Jolley 18. Muster at High Tide: The June 30th Muster Roll of the Petersburg Old Grays, Co. B, Twelfth Virginia Infantry / Brendan Burke 19. Annual Reunion Pegram Battalion Association / Christopher A. Graham 20. A Lasting Impression: Inspecting the Seal of the Office of the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, CSA / Brendan Burke 21. Investing in the Confederacy: The Role of Bonds in Funding the Confederacy / Robert L. Jolley Epilogue / Julian Hayter Appendix A: Contents of the Stonewall Jackson Monument Cornerstone Box Appendix B: Contents of the Jefferson Davis Monument Cornerstone Box Appendix C: Time Capsule Resources Appendix D: Contents of Robert E. Lee Cornerstone Box Notes on Contributors Index

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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, PhD is State Archaeologist at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

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