Jesse Lee Reno

Jesse Lee Reno rē´nō , 1823-62, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Wheeling, Va. (now W.Va.). He was twice brevetted for his service in the Mexican War. In the Civil War, Reno was made a brigadier general of volunteers (Nov., 1861) and commanded a brigade in Ambrose Burnside's expedition to North Carolina (1861-62). Promoted to major general (July, 1862), he led the 9th Corps at the second battle of Bull Run, at Chantilly, and at South Mt., where he was killed on Sept. 14, 1862. Reno, Nev., was named for him.

Reno, Jesse Lee (1823–62) Union army officer, born in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), Reno first saw combat during the Mexican War (1846–48). During the next decade, he held a series of routine posts. When the Civil War broke out, he was named brigadier general of volunteers (1861). He led troops in Gen. Ambrose Burnside's campaign in North Carolina and helped capture Roanoke Island. In the Second Battle of Bull Run (1862) he calmly and capably covered the retreat of Union forces to Washington. He was killed at the battle of South Mountain while trying to stop a Confederate advance into Maryland.