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May 23rd

1 event recorded on The Ledger.

  1. 1844
    The Rise

    Charles Edmund Nash, bricklayer, Union soldier, and later congressman, was born in Opelousas, Louisiana.

    Opelousas, Louisiana

    One source: African American Registry

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