Southern Memorial Pyramid
The Southern Memorial Pyramid was constructed by the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad in 1898 at the behest of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society. Also known as Meade's Pyramid, as it is located near the site of General's Meade's Union breakthrough of Stonewall Jackson's lines on December 13, 1862. The pyramid would inform RF&P passengers that they were passing through the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Battlefield area. It remains along the CSX right-of-way today. View from Prospect Hill.
There has been much speculation about the meaning of this pyramid.
Washington Post, January 8, 1898, p. 3. "President E.T.D. Myers of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad has commenced the erection of a monument to mark the battle-fields of Spotsylvania, near Hamilton's Crossing. The monument will be of rough rubble granite, in the shape of a pyramid. Its base will be thirty feet and its height twenty-four feet. It is situated at the fifty mile post from Richmond and about three miles from Fredericksburg, in full view of passing trains. The land was donated by Mrs. William Pratt, and the monument is being built by the railroad company. "
On April 19, 1898, the Washington Post, p. 3, reported the monument had been completed on April 18.
Contributing Resource, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park. National Register of Historic Places 66000046
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Southern Memorial Pyramid
The Southern Memorial Pyramid was constructed by the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad in 1898 at the behest of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society. Also known as Meade's Pyramid, as it is located near the site of General's Meade's Union breakthrough of Stonewall Jackson's lines on December 13, 1862. The pyramid would inform RF&P passengers that they were passing through the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Battlefield area. It remains along the CSX right-of-way today. View from Prospect Hill.
There has been much speculation about the meaning of this pyramid.
Washington Post, January 8, 1898, p. 3. "President E.T.D. Myers of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad has commenced the erection of a monument to mark the battle-fields of Spotsylvania, near Hamilton's Crossing. The monument will be of rough rubble granite, in the shape of a pyramid. Its base will be thirty feet and its height twenty-four feet. It is situated at the fifty mile post from Richmond and about three miles from Fredericksburg, in full view of passing trains. The land was donated by Mrs. William Pratt, and the monument is being built by the railroad company. "
On April 19, 1898, the Washington Post, p. 3, reported the monument had been completed on April 18.
Contributing Resource, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park. National Register of Historic Places 66000046
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