Franklin in Venango County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Major General Jesse L. Reno

(1823-1862)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, June 20, 2014

1. Major General Jesse L. Reno Marker

Inscription. Jesse Reno's boyhood home was here where his father, Lewis, operated a hotel. He left in 1842 to enter the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1846 as a Second Lieutanant in the Ordnance Corps. After distinguishing himself in the Mexican War, he continued his army career with commands in Washington, D.C., the West and South. Summoned to lead a command during the Civil War, he was killed Sept. 14, 1862, in the battle of South Mountain, Maryland.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 14, 1867.

Location. 41° 23.993′ N, 79° 49.871′ W. Marker is in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in Venango County. It is at the intersection of 13th Street (U.S. 322) and Otter Street, on the right when traveling south on 13th Street. Located by the parking lot for First National Bank. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Franklin PA 16323, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fort Franklin (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Johnny Appleseed (about 300 feet away); Franklin (approx. 0.2 miles away); Samuel C.T. Dodd (approx. 0.2 miles away); Universal Motherhood (approx. 0.2 miles away); John E. Logue, Jr.

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Venango County (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

Also see . . . Jesse Lee Reno at Find A Grave.com. (Submitted on June 20, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, June 20, 2014

2. Major General Jesse L. Reno Marker

Major General Jesse L. Reno Monument at South Mountain image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 21, 2020

3. Major General Jesse L. Reno Monument at South Mountain

Located at Fox’s Gap on the South Mountain Battlefield where General Reno was killed.

General Jesse L. Reno image. Click for full size.

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4. General Jesse L. Reno

From Frank Leslie's Scenes and Portraits of the Civil War... by Frank Leslie, 1894, Page 246.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 967 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on April 28, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. 4. submitted on March 23, 2024, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.