Richard L. Hoxie 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

Hoxie was born Richard Leveridge Hoxie on August 7, 1844 in New York City

New York City

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. In 1878 Hoxie married the noted sculptor Vinnie Ream

Vinnie Ream

Lavinia Ellen Ream Hoxie was an American sculptor. Her most famous work was the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.-Early life:...

. Together they would have a son, Richard Ream Hoxie. Vinne Ream would pass away in 1914. In 1917 he married Ruth Norcross. He died on April 29, 1930 in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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, Ruth survived him and died in 1959. Both Vinnie and Ruth are buried with him at Arlington National Cemetery

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Career

Hoxie originally enlisted in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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. He served in the 1st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

1st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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. Following the war, Hoxie would graduate from the United States Military Academy

United States Military Academy

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 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant

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 in the United States Army in 1868. He would later serve in the Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War

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. During his time in the Army he would serve in the United States Army Corps of Engineers

United States Army Corps of Engineers

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 and be regarded as an expert on fortifications.