Jesse L. Reno | |
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![]() Jesse Lee Reno | |
Born | Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) | April 20, 1823
Died | September 14, 1862 near Boonsboro, Maryland | (aged 39)
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Allegiance | United States Union |
Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1846–1862 |
Rank | ![]() |
Commands | Mount Vernon Arsenal, IX Corps |
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Jesse Lee Reno (April 20, 1823 – September 14, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War, in the Utah War, on the western frontier and as a Union General during the American Civil War from West Virginia. Known as a "soldier's soldier" who fought alongside his men, he was killed while commanding a corps at Fox's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain. Reno, Nevada; Reno County, Kansas; Reno, Ohio; El Reno, Oklahoma; Reno, Pennsylvania; Fort Reno (Oklahoma); and Fort Reno Park in Washington, D.C. were named after him.