Fredericksburg, Virginia - Mysterious Confederate Pyramid

Address:: Fredericksburg National Military Park, Fredericksburg, VA
Directions:: I-95 exit 126 and drive north on US 1/Jeff Davis Hwy. Make a quick right onto Mine Rd, and then after a mile turn left onto Lansdowne Rd. After a half-mile make a right onto Lee Drive and drive until it ends at a parking lot. The Pyramid, known officially as Meade's Pyramid, will be to the left, on the other side of the Amtrak tracks, which are extremely dangerous to cross. Bring a zoom lens instead.

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Fredericksburg, Virginia - Mysterious Confederate Pyramid

There is a Civil War memorial near Fredericksburg, VA that is a twenty foot high stone pyramid. It was built in the 1890's by a railroad company to commemorate the Confederate victory there in 1862. It is right next to the auto-train tracks. It's far away from where the National Park Service wants you to look at it, across a ditch and the railroad tracks. It might be possible to get closer to it, but I have never tried. I think Amtrak has a fence up and the pyramid is either on Amtrak or private land. [Willie Zaza, 06/14/2001]

[RA: It's known officially as Meade's Pyramid. It stands 23 feet tall, is built of granite, and was erected in 1898 by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, who originally just wanted a sign. The railroad vetoed that idea, so the Society built a 17-ton pyramid.]

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November 10, 2009