Jesse Lee Reno
Born: June 20, 1823
Birthplace: Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia)
Father: Lewis Thomas Reno 1795 – 1870
(Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois)
Mother: Rebecca Q. Quinby 1795 – 1883
(Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois)
Wife: Mary Bradley Beanes Cross 1828 – 1880
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Children:
Jesse Wilford Reno 1861 – 1947
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Education:
1846: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (8th in class)
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Ordnance
1846: Assistant Ordnance Officer at Watervliet Arsenal, New York
1847 – 1853: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Ordnance Department
1847: Served with Howitzer Battery at Siege of Vera Cruz, Mexico
1847: Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry at Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico
1847: Wounded at the Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico
1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico
1848: On Special Duty in Erie, Pennsylvania
1849: Assistant Math Professor at West Point Military Academy
1849 – 1850: Secretary of Board for instruction of Heavy Artillery
1851 – 1853: Assistant to U.S. Army Ordnance Board in D.C.
1853 – 1860: 1st Lt. United States Army, Ordnance Department
1853 – 1854: Topographical Duty for survey of Military Road
1854: Served on United States Army, Coast Survey
1854 – 1857: Assistant Ordnance Officer at Frankford Arsenal
1857 – 1859: Chief Ordnance Officer of Utah Expedition
1859 – 1861: Commander of Mount Vernon Arsenal in Alabama
1860 – 1862: Captain United States Army, Ordnance Department
Civil War Career:
1861: Commander of Mount Vernon Arsenal at Seizure
1861: Commander of Leavenworth, Kansas Arsenal
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1861 – 1862: Brigade Commander during North Carolina Expedition
1862: Served in the Capture of Roanoke Island, North Carolina
1862: Served in the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina
1862: Union Army Commander at Battle of South Mills, North Carolina
1862: Division Commander in the Union Army, Dept. of North Carolina
1862: Major General of Union Army, Volunteers
1862: Served in the Movement to Newport News & Rappahannock
1862: Commander of the Union Army, 9th Army Corps
1862: Served in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia
1862: Killed while leading his men at the Battle of South Mountain
Died: September 14, 1862
Place of Death: Near Boonsboro, Maryland
Cause of Death: Killed in Battle
Age at time of Death: 39 years old
Original Burial Place: Vault in Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts
Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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