Jesse L. Reno
Military Person
1823 – 1862
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Who was Jesse L. Reno?
Jesse Lee Reno was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War, the Utah War, the western frontier, and as a Union General during the American Civil War. 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 County, Kansas, El Reno, Oklahoma, Reno, Nevada, and Fort Reno in Washington, D.C. were named after him.
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- Born
- Apr 20, 1823
Wheeling - Also known as
- Jesse Reno
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Lehigh University
- Lived in
- Wheeling
- Died
- Sep 14, 1862
Boonsboro - Resting place
- Oak Hill Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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