Major General and assigned command of the district of Mobile. Postbellum Andrews was dispatched to Houston, Texas, to supervise the early stages of Reconstruction in the region and to keep the order while a new provisional civil government was put in place under Governor Andrew J. Hamilton. He mustered out of the service on January 15, 1866. He was a companion of the Minnesota Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States - a military society of officers who had served in the Union armed forces during the American Civil War. Andrews was appointed by President Grant as United States Minister to Denmark on April 16, 1869, and was sworn into office but never proceeded to his post. He was then appointed as United States Minister to Sweden and Norway and served from 1869 to 1877. He served as United States Consul-General to the Empire of Brazil from 1882 to 1885. He helped supervise the 1880 census for Minnesota. Interested in scientific forestry, Andrews after the war worked to stir public sentiment for responsible logging and forest practices, but without much success until the Great Hinckley Fire of 1894 burned several towns in east-central Minnesota, garnering widespread public attention. He maintained that proper forestry would renew the state's ravaged timberlands and make them fire-resistant. Eventually, leading foresters and companies began to implement Andrews' ideas and practices. He was Minnesota state Forestry Commissioner when the Baudette Fire of 1910 burned, further strengthening his argument for regulation of forestry. A prolific writer, his publications include a History of the Campaign of Mobile (1867) and Brazil, Its Conditions and Prospects (1887; third edition, 1895). Personal life Andrews married Mary Baxter in December 1868. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) General C. C. Andrews State Forest, Pine County, Minnesota Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Attribution External links 1829 births 1922 deaths People from Hillsborough, New Hampshire Democratic Party Minnesota state senators American conservationists History of forestry in the United States Union Army generals People of Minnesota in the American Civil War 19th-century American newspaper editors Ambassadors of the United States to Denmark 19th-century American diplomats Activists from New Hampshire School board members in Massachusetts