kennersville

Updated: May 7, 2025

I do not think there was a solitary man on the boat that did not drop around in the course of the evening and lose his bundle. When about thirty miles from New Orleans a heavy fog overtook us, and it was our purpose to get off and walk about six miles to Kennersville, where we could take the cars to the city. Pinchback got our valises together, and a start was made.

George H. Devol - Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi