Christopher Columbus Nash (July 1, 1838–June 29, 1922; still living in 1922, when he applied for a Confederate pension through the state of Louisiana) was a merchant and a Democratic sheriff in Grant Parish, Louisiana, who in 1873 led a company of white militiamen to regain control of the parish courthouse in Colfax, which had been seized by armed African-American insurgents. Thereafter, the segregationist Nash formed the first contingent of the White League in the American South during the second half of Reconstruction.
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| - Christopher Columbus Nash (July 1, 1838–June 29, 1922; still living in 1922, when he applied for a Confederate pension through the state of Louisiana) was a merchant and a Democratic sheriff in Grant Parish, Louisiana, who in 1873 led a company of white militiamen to regain control of the parish courthouse in Colfax, which had been seized by armed African-American insurgents. Thereafter, the segregationist Nash formed the first contingent of the White League in the American South during the second half of Reconstruction.
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| - Sheriff of Grant Parish, Louisiana
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| - Christopher Columbus Nash
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| - Fusionist/Democratic Party
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Birth Place
| - USA
- Sabine Parish, Louisiana
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Occupation
| - Founder of the White League
- Merchant; Law-enforcement officer
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| - Valentine and Mary Anderson Nash
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| - Christopher Columbus Nash (July 1, 1838–June 29, 1922; still living in 1922, when he applied for a Confederate pension through the state of Louisiana) was a merchant and a Democratic sheriff in Grant Parish, Louisiana, who in 1873 led a company of white militiamen to regain control of the parish courthouse in Colfax, which had been seized by armed African-American insurgents. Thereafter, the segregationist Nash formed the first contingent of the White League in the American South during the second half of Reconstruction.
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