John F. Reen was the Sgt. of Company G, 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, Birney's Zouaves. He was born in Philadelphia in 1838. He enlisted into the 23rd Pennsylvania at the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia on August 13th 1861. He served with the 23rd PA until the unit was mustered out on September 8th 1864. John moved with the Regiment to Washington D.C, where he was encamped just three miles north of the Capitol on “The Queen’s Farm” at Camp Graham . He was there with the Regiment during the cold winter months and in December of 1861; Typhoid Fever broke out within the Camp which resulted in the Death of Fifty-One men of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. It was decided on March 12th 1862 to move the camp to higher ground in Bladensburg, Maryland to rid the epidemic and ready the Soldiers for campaign. The 23rd Pennsylvania moved to Bladensburg and were encamped at Camp Clark . His amazing duribility in service is Legandary. He was wounded 5 times at the Battle of Fair Oaks on May 31st 1862. He was shot on the Left side in the Shoulder, Lung and left sixth rib and heart. Wounded once at Fredricksburg on May 3rd 1863. He was wounded once in August 1864 at the siege of Petersburg and then after his transfer to the 82nd PA in September 1864 he moved with the regiment to the end of the War. At the Battle of Sailors Creek on April 6th 1865, just three days before the end of the war He was wounded 4 more times. He was mustered out of Service on July 13th 1865. After the War, He returned to Philadelphia. He lived at 1237 Poplar Street for awile and worked at Bush Hill Iron Works. Bush Hill Iron Works, originally established by Oliver Evans in 1809 and operated by Neall, Matthews, and Moore in 1846−54, on the plot of land that is now between Buttonwood and Spring Garden Streets, facing 16th Street. The bustling complex had grounds littered with cylinders, tubes, castings, and a pile of coal around which several laborers toiled. The workers transported machinery by horse-drawn cart, hoisted cylinders onto a dray, hammered castings, pushed handcarts, fueled the furnace, and labored in the workshops. He married Hanna A. Eldridge on June 4th 1870 at Egg Harbor Methodist Church in Atlantic County ,NJ by Reverend Henry Watson. They had a daughter on March 15th 1871 (Alice E.). His death occurred on July 27th1872. The funeral was held on July 30th 1872 from thier residence at the Southeast Corner of 15th and Thompson Street. (Today 1259 15th Street.) Burial followed at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.