and bronze sculpture to North Carolina soldiers defending the line in 2005. The cities of Reno, Nevada, Reno, Ohio, El Reno, Oklahoma, and Reno, Pennsylvania, are all named for the general. The first two contain monuments to him in their downtown areas. The one in Reno stands along Virginia Street; the one in El Reno stands in Youngheim Plaza on Russell Street. The United States Army named three outposts after Reno: Fort Pennsylvania in present-day Washington, D.C., was renamed Fort Reno in 1862, Fort Reno was constructed near present-day El Reno, Oklahoma in 1874, the third Fort Reno was built in present-day Wyoming on the Bozeman Trail in 1865. Reno County, Kansas is also named in his honor. The Jesse L. Reno School in Washington, DC was named in his honor. It closed in 1950. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Sears, Stephen W. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. . U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. . The Parke Society Newsletter. Vol.36-No.2 pages 28–29 dated 1999. Further reading McConnell, William. Remember Reno: A Biography of Major General Jesse Lee Reno. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: White Mane Publishing, 1996. . External links Fort Reno, Oklahoma Major General Jesse Lee Reno Monument in El Reno, Oklahoma Fort Reno in Washington, D.C. 1823 births 1862 deaths American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Union Army generals American people of French descent Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Military personnel from Wheeling, West Virginia People of West Virginia in the American Civil War History of Reno, Nevada Members of the Aztec Club of 1847 People from Venango County, Pennsylvania United States Military Academy alumni Military personnel from Pennsylvania