Jesse Lee Reno (April 20, 1823 – September 14, 1862) was a 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. He died while fighting at Fox's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain in the Civil War. Reno County, Kansas, El Reno, Oklahoma, Reno, Nevada, and Fort Reno in Washington, D.C. were all named after him.
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