Eli D. Hoyle was a Brigadier General

Brigadier general (United States)

A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...

 in the United States Army

United States Army

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Biography

Hoyle was born on July 19, 1851 in Canton, Georgia

Canton, Georgia

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. He would marry Fanny De Russy, daughter of Brigadier General René Edward De Russy

René Edward De Russy

René Edward De Russy was an engineer, military educator, and career United States Army officer who was responsible for erecting many Eastern United States coastal fortifications...

. Their son, Rene Edward De Russy Hoyle

Rene Edward De Russy Hoyle

Rene Edward De Russy Hoyle was a Major General in the United States Army.-Biography:Hoyle was born in New York on September 16, 1883. His father was Brigadier General Eli D. Hoyle and his grandfather was Brigadier General René Edward De Russy. He would marry Christine Guilfoyle. One of their sons,...

, would become a Major General. Hoyle died on July 27, 1921. He and Fanny are both buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

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, along with their son, Rene.

Career

Hoyle graduated from the United States Military Academy

United States Military Academy

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 in 1875. His assignment would include being stationed at Fort Slocum

Fort Slocum (New York)

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, Fort Riley

Fort Riley

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, and Fort William McKinley

Fort William McKinley

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. He originally retired in 1915, but was re-called after the outbreak of World War I

World War I

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