CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  Fort Worth At Richmond

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
7 June 2002 
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, page 303 

FORT WORTH AT RICHMOND.

Col. B. B. Paddock, of Fort Worth contributed the fol­lowing to the 
Confederate Veteran:

"One of the most pleasing incidents of the splendid Re­union of the 
Confederate Veteran Association which culmi­nated in Richmond, was a 
luncheon tendered the Mary Lee Higbee Guards, of Fort Worth, Texas, 
by Miss Ellen Glass­gow, of Richmond.  The Mary Lee Higbee Guards are 
a con­tingent of Robert E. Lee Camp, No. 158, of Fort Worth, Texas, 
the largest camp of the U. C. V. in the South.  They were quartered 
at Belvidere Hall.  Nieces of Gen. Joseph E Johnston, under whom many 
of them served, were present and served at the table.  It is not 
unusual for these ameni­ties to be tendered to the general officers 
and to those who wear gold lace, but this courtesy to the men in the 
ranks is an innovation.  The Mary Lee Higbee Guards will carry a 
story to relate to their camp.  This gracious act by one of the 
charming daughters of their beloved Southland, will be a bright spot 
in their memories through life."