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Wedding Fracas On Indian Belle Aboard Steamer
A passenger recalls a chaotic wedding tale aboard the Indian Belle from Cairo to New Orleans. Major Whitman’s daughter nearly elopes with another man, gunfire, a quick ceremony in the ladies’ cabin, and a postscript about Gene E., a noted Confederate commander in a past roadside show.
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Cairo
New Orleans
Whitman
William
Bette
Jo’ Whitman
Miss Whitman
Dleman
Auppe
Joe
Gene