The monument unveiled.
The monument was erected by the
Ladies' Memorial Association of this city.
The stone used is gray granite and was quarried on the farm of
Mrs. Downman, just a short distance from the battle-field.
The inscriptions upon the monument are: On the east side—
South Carolina,
Virginia,
North Carolina; west side—
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Texas; north side—
Missouri,
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
Arkansas; south side—
Georgia,
Florida,
Alabama.
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The monument occupies a very commanding position in the cemetery, and can be seen from almost every direction as one approaches the city.
It stands in the southern portion of the cemetery on a mound about five feet high, where the unknown dead are buried, and is about twenty-five feet in height.
The apex of the monument rests on four columns of red granite.
Upon the apex the figure of a Confederate soldier stands in a position of ‘parade rest,’ and is facing to the
South.
On the four sides of the apex are cut crossed muskets, crossed sabres, a cannon, and a castle with battlements; on the east side under the cannon are the words: ‘To the
Confederate Dead.’
The corner-stone was laid on June 4, 1874, by Fredericksburg Lodge, A. F. and A. M. The statue of a Confederate soldier was from a design by
George T. Downing, and was cast at the bronze works of the
Bridgeport Monumental Company, of
Bridgeport, Conn. 
