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'''Christopher Columbus Nash''' (July 1, 1838–June 29, 1922; still living in 1922, when he applied for a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] pension through the state of [[Louisiana]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/genealogy/ancestorcomments.aspx?id=1989&state=Louisiana&type=4&rid=2249|title=Louisiana battles|publisher=Militaryhistoryonline.com|accessdate=December 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>The Fourteenth Amendment forbids the payment of pensions or other emoluments to those involved in armed insurrection against the United States, but the various former Confederate States of America did provide such assistance to veterans and their widows.</ref> was a merchant and [[sheriff]] of Grant Parish, Louisiana.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-n/|title=Nash, Christopher Columbus|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 27, 2020}}</ref>  In 1873, he 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, Nash, a [[segregation]]ist [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], formed the first contingent of the White League in the American South during the second half of [[Reconstruction]].

'''Christopher Columbus Nash''' (July 1, 1838–June 29, 1922; still living in 1922, when he applied for a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] pension through the state of [[Louisiana]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/genealogy/ancestorcomments.aspx?id=1989&state=Louisiana&type=4&rid=2249|title=Louisiana battles|publisher=Militaryhistoryonline.com|accessdate=December 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>The Fourteenth Amendment forbids the payment of pensions or other emoluments to those involved in armed insurrection against the United States, but the various former Confederate States of America did provide such assistance to veterans and their widows.</ref> was a merchant and [[sheriff]] of Grant Parish, Louisiana.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-n/|title=Nash, Christopher Columbus|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 27, 2020}}</ref>  In 1873, he 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, Nash, a [[segregation]]ist [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], formed the first contingent of the White League in the American South during the second half of [[Reconstruction]].