Private William Reed was one of 680 volunteers of the 8th MO Volunteer Infantry (US).   In the photo below (supplied by William Reed's descendent: Jeff Green), he is posing with his zouave jacket:

William Reed received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

WAR DEPARTMENT INFORMATION BIRTH Union County, Pennsylvania ENTERED SERVICE AT Pekin, Tazwell County, Illinois RANK/ORGANIZATION Private, Company H, 8th Missouri Infantry MOH CITATION Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." PLACE/DATE At Vicksburg, Mississippi; 22 May 1863 DATE OF ISSUE 12 December 1895 extracted from www.army.mil

Below is a photo of William Reed's grave marker, in the Reed family plot in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.   The photos below were taken by Lee Baer.

Here is the Reed family plot.   William Reed's headstone is the first headstone on the left.