Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1864, i whai wāhi a Reno ki ngā pakanga o Haw's Shop
, Cold Harbor, Trevilian Station, Darbytown Road, Winchester (3rd), Kearneysville, Smithfield Crossing me te Cedar Creek. Mo tana mahi i Cedar Creek, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te tiamana tuarua. I te marama o Hanuere 1865, ka uru ia ki te mahi tuuturu hei koronel o te 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, i muri mai ka whakahau i tetahi pirihimana ki nga toa a John Mosby. I whakawhiwhia a Reno hei koroneela mo te ope taua (United States), mai i te Poutu-te-rangi 13, 1865, mo "nga ratonga whaimana i te wa o te pakanga". I te 13 o Hanuere 1866, i whakaingoatia e te Perehitini Andrew Johnson a Reno mo te whakatuunga ki te taumata o te brevet brigadier general, US Volunteers, ki te eke mai i te 13 o Poutu-te-rangi 1865, a i whakapumautia e te United States Senate te whakatuunga i te Poutu-te-rangi 12, 1866.