Image: Charles E. Nash, MC (1875-77)
Description: Charles E. Nash, MC. Library of Congress description: "Hon. Charles Edmund Nash of LA. Private in 82nd Reg't U.S. Vol. U.S.A. - lost leg at Fort Blakely" (Digitally restored image) NOTE: This image is a WP digital restoration of the original at the Library of Congress. Charles Edmund Nash (1844 - 1913), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, May 23, 1844; attended the common schools; was a bricklayer by trade; during the Civil War enlisted in 1863 as a private in the Eighty-second Regiment, United States Volunteers, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant major; appointed night inspector of customs in 1865; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; postmaster at Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, from February 15, 1882, until May 1, 1882; died in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 21, 1913; interment in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3.
Title: Charles E. Nash, MC (1875-77)
Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH832- 998 <P&P>[P&P]
Author: Mathew Brady
Usage Terms: Public domain
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