Fannie & Willie - A Love Story

As the story goes, 17 yr old Fannie Ogden of New Orleans, LA, fell in love with 20 yr old, Willie Mann (William Grayson Mann). Willie and his family were going to Europe. Fannie was not going to be left behind. So her family consented and they were married. Willie's father was Ambrose Dudley Mann - he was part of the Mason-Slidell Delegation that went to Europe to raise money for the Confederate Cause. Willie acted as his father's secretary. The diary recounts their honeymoon and starts with entries from Italy then Spain, Brussels and finally the south of France in Pau. A hint: Think of a 19th century version of 'Love Story'.... Now here is Fannie and Willie's story.