Christopher Columbus Nash

Christopher Columbus Nash (July 1, 1838 – June 29, 1922)[1] was a Louisiana merchant and Democratic sheriff.[2] In 1873, Nash led a company of white militiamen to regain control of the parish courthouse in Colfax, from armed African-American insurgents.[3] Three white men were killed; the number of African-Americans killed is estimated to have been between 60 and 150.[3][4]

Christopher Columbus Nash
Sheriff of Grant Parish, Louisiana
In office
1873–Unknown
Personal details
Born(1838-07-01)July 1, 1838
Sabine Parish, Louisiana
US
Diedafter 1922
Political partyFusionist/Democratic Party
SpouseMalinda Williams Nash
Parent(s)Valentine and Mary Anderson Nash
OccupationMerchant; law-enforcement officer
founder of the white league

Nash participated in the formation of the White League,[5] assertedly to defend a "hereditary civilization and Christianity menaced by a stupid Africanization".[6] He was later buried in Natchitoches, Louisiana.[7]

References
  1. Christopher Columbus Nash at Find a Grave
  2. "Nash, Christopher Columbus". A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org). Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
  3. Lewis, Danny (April 13, 2016). "The 1873 Colfax Massacre Crippled the Reconstruction Era". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  4. A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, in its article on Nash, uses these sources: Milton Dunn, Christopher Columbus Nash (1925), Mabel Fletcher Harrison and Lavinia McGuire McNeely, Grant Parish, Louisiana: A History (1969), and Manie White Johnson, "The Colfax Riot of April, 1873," Louisiana Historical Quarterly, XIII (1930).
  5. James K. Hogue The Battle of Colfax: Paramilitarism and Counterrevolution in Louisiana (June 2006), p. 21
  6. Adolph Reed Jr., "The battle of Liberty Monument – New Orleans, Louisiana white supremacist statue", The Progressive, June 1993, accessed 18 May 2010
  7. "American Cemetery". ruscahouse.com. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
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