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After the Colfax Riot, Nash led companies of white militias in the formation of the first unit of the White League, which defined its purpose as the defense of a "hereditary civilization and [[Christianity]] menaced by a stupid Africanization."<ref>Adolph Reed, Jr., "The battle of Liberty Monument - [[New Orleans]], Louisiana white supremacist statue"|publisher=''The Progressive,'' June 1993.</ref> The league intimidated, lynched, performed fraud against, and killed black voters. Eventually, key members of the Colfax Riot were indicted for killing and setting fire to black men.<ref>James K. Hogue, ''The Battle of Colfax: Paramilitarism and Counterrevolution in Louisiana,'' June 2006, p. 21.</ref>  

After the Colfax Riot, Nash led companies of white militias in the formation of the first unit of the White League, which defined its purpose as the defense of a "hereditary civilization and [[Christianity]] menaced by a stupid Africanization."<ref>Adolph Reed, Jr., "The battle of Liberty Monument - [[New Orleans]], Louisiana white supremacist statue"|publisher=''The Progressive,'' June 1993.</ref> The league intimidated, lynched, performed fraud against, and killed black voters. Eventually, key members of the Colfax Riot were indicted for killing and setting fire to black men.<ref>James K. Hogue, ''The Battle of Colfax: Paramilitarism and Counterrevolution in Louisiana,'' June 2006, p. 21.</ref>  

Nash is interred at the historic American Cemetery in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the first cemetery in the [[Louisiana Purchase]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ruscahouse.com/american_cemetery.htm|title=Burials at American Cemetery, [[Natchitoches, Louisiana]]|publisher=Ruscahouse.com|accessdate= December 15, 2010}}</ref>

Nash is interred at the historic American Cemetery in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the first cemetery in the [[Louisiana Purchase]].

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