Christopher Columbus Andrews
Born: October 27, 1829
Birthplace: Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Father: Luther Andrews 1791 – 1870
Mother: Nabby Beard 1794 – 1870
Wife: Mary Francis Baxter 1837 – 1893
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Children:
Alice E. Andrews 1869 – 1961
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Education:
Attended Francestown Academy in New Hampshire
Attended Harvard Law School
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Newton, Massachusetts
Went to Kansas in 1854
Law Clerk in United States Treasury Department
1857: Established Residence in St. Cloud, Minnesota
1859: Minnesota State Senator
Newspaper Owner of Minnesota Union Newspaper
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain 3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment
1862: Captured in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1862: Exchanged in Prisoner of War Exchange in October
1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel 3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment
1863: Participated in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign
1863 – 1864: Colonel 3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment
1863: Served in operations to capture Little Rock, Arkansas
1864 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1865: Served in the siege of Fort Blakely, Alabama
1865 – 1866: Union Army Commander District of Mobile, Alabama
1865: Brevetted Major General in Union Army
1866: Helped supervise early stages of Reconstruction in Houston, Texas
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th
Occupation after War:
Companion of the Minnesota Commandry, Military Order Loyal Legion
1869 – 1877: United States Minister to Norway and Sweden
Newspaper Editor in Minnesota
1880: District Supervisor of 1880 Census in Minnesota
United States Counsel General to Brazil
1911 – 1922: Chief Warden, and Forest Commissioner in Minnesota
Secretary of Minnesota State of State Forestry Board
Died: September 21, 1922
Place of Death: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Cause of Death: Old age and infection of the right kidney
Age at time of Death: 92 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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