Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno
Born: April 20, 1823
Wheeling Virginia
Died: September 14, 1862
Battle of South Mountain
West Point: June 1846
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant: July 1846
1st Lieutenant: 1853
Captain: 1859
Brig. Gen: Fall 1861
Maj. Gen: July 18, 1862 Posthumously
Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno
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1846: West Point Graduate - 8th in class of 59
March 21-28, 1847: Battle of Vera Cruz
April 1847: Battle of Cerro Gordo
September 13, 1847: Battle of Chapultepec - Seriously wounded while commanding a howitzer battery
1853: Road survey from the Big Sioux River to Mendota, Minnesota
1854: Ordnance Officer at the Frankford Arsenal near Philadelphia
1857: Utah Territory as Chief of Ordnance under Brig. Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
1859: Commander, Mount Vernon Arsenal in Alabama
January 4, 1861: Forced to surrender arsenal to troops from Alabama
Temporarily assigned to command the Fort Leavenworth Arsenal
Fall 1861: Appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers
Commander, 2nd Brigade, IX Corps
February - July 1862: Burnside's North Carolina Expedition
February 7-8, 1862: Battle of Roanoke Island
March 14, 1862: Battle of New Bern
April 19, 1862: Battle of South Mills
August 1862: Division Commander, IX Corps part of Army of the Potomac
August 29-30, 1862: 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Maryland Campaign
Commander, Right Wing, Army of the Potomac
September 14, 1862: Mortally wounded at Battle of South Mountain
July 18, 1862: Posthumously promoted to Major General
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 691
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 394-395