Washington Ave at Amelia, Fredericksburg, VA.

Details
"The next work of the Association [Ladies Memorial Association] was to raise money for a monument to be placed in the center of the cemetery... The necessary amoung was raised and the monument was erected and dedicated. Mr. Leburn of Lexington, VA., contractor; Mr. Cassell of Baltimore, architect. The stone used is gray granite and was taken from the farm of Mrs. May Dounman in Spotsylvania County... The monument stands on a mound about five feet high, and is five feet six inches high without the statue. With the statue it is twenty feet in height. On the west side, cut in the granite, are muskets; on the south side a castle with battlements; on the north side sabres; on the east side cannon and the inscription 'To the Confederate dead.' On each corner of the monument is a column of red granite, with gray granite plynth and base. The cornerstone was laid on the 4th of June, 1874... and was completed and unveiled on Memorial Day, June 8, 1884. The statue of a confederate soldier, at dress parade, which crowns the apex is bronze and was manufactured by the Monumental Bridge Company of Bridgeport, Conn. It was ordered through Mr. George T Downing and placed in position by him." State crests also appear, 3 to each side, except the north, where there are four of the 13 southern state crests. (Quinn, p189-190). (Tony Wrenn, 7/21/1993). (Tony Wrenn, letter to James Wollon, 11/3/1995).

Potential Sources
Possibly National Register Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park 10/15/1966 - 66000046.
Possibly National Register Fredericksburg Historic District 9/22/1971 - 71001053.