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| birth_place=Sabine Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​<br>

| birth_place=Sabine Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​<br>

Resident of Colfax in Grant Parish

Resident of Colfax in Grant Parish

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| spouse=Malinda Williams Nash<br>

| spouse=Malinda Annette Williams Nash<br>

'''At least five childrfen'''<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

Valentine and Mary Anderson Nash}}

William Valentine and Mary Anderson Nash}}

'''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 militia seeking 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]].

==Background==

==Background==

Nash was born in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana, a son of Valentine Nash and the former Mary Anderson. He was married to the former Malinda Williams, a daughter of Richard B. Williams of Montgomery in northwestern Grant Parish. With the outbreak of the American Civil War, he volunteered with the Sabine Rifles and reached the rank of lieutenant in Company A, Second Louisiana Infantry in Virginia under General [[Stonewall Jackson]]. He fought at Antietam and Gettysburg until he was captured in November 1863 and spent the last eighteen months of the conflict as a prisoner of war on Johnson's Island in Sandusky Bay on the coast of Lake Erie.<ref name=lahist/>  

Nash was born in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana, a son of William Valentine Nash (1796-1894) and the former Mary Anderson Hodges (1807-1880). He was married to the former Malinda Annette Williams (1857-1920), a daughter of Richard B. Williams of Montgomery in northwestern Grant Parish. With the outbreak of the American Civil War, he volunteered with the Sabine Rifles and reached the rank of lieutenant in Company A, Second Louisiana Infantry in Virginia under General [[Stonewall Jackson]]. He fought at Antietam and Gettysburg until he was captured in November 1863 and spent the last eighteen months of the conflict as a prisoner of war on Johnson's Island in Sandusky Bay on the coast of Lake Erie.<ref name=lahist/>  

==Political life==

==Political life==