Jesse Lee Reno
Major General Jesse Lee Reno was born at Wheeling. June 20, 1823. He served in the Mexican War. He was killed at South Mountain, Maryland, September 14, 1862, while commanding the 9th Army Corps, United States Volunteers. Major General Reno was West Virginia's highest ranking United States officer killed in the Civil War. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, in Georgetown.
Marker is on National Road (U.S. 40) east of Wheeling Park Drive, on the right when traveling east.
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