Served as a private in Co. F, 60th US Colored Troops Infantry
Born a free African American in Muscatine County, Iowa. At a young age he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. As the Civil War erupted he and several others escaped their enslavement in Alabama together.
He made his way north to Iowa where he enlisted with the 60th USCT and bravely fought in the Battle of Big Creek.
He was shot twice and sliced with a saber. After the war, he returned to Davenport and lived there with his family until his death in 1928.
--"Freedom Seekers of Davenport, Iowa" a pamphlet at the Oakdale Memorial Gardens.
"Quad City men to be honored with Arsenal Street namings"
Honored is Milton Howard who worked at Rock Island Arsenal from 1866 to 1922.
He was the first black man that got a job at the Arsenal.
Howard saved the life of the arsenal commander who had fallen through the ice while inspecting a dam.
His two grandsons were leaders on the Island:
Howard Perkins was the first equal employment opportunity officer and Glenn Perkins was the first black supervisor.
--"Quad City Times" Davenport, Scott Co, Iowa; front page and A5; Aug 18, 2018.
Born a free African American in Muscatine County, Iowa. At a young age he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. As the Civil War erupted he and several others escaped their enslavement in Alabama together.
He made his way north to Iowa where he enlisted with the 60th USCT and bravely fought in the Battle of Big Creek.
He was shot twice and sliced with a saber. After the war, he returned to Davenport and lived there with his family until his death in 1928.
--"Freedom Seekers of Davenport, Iowa" a pamphlet at the Oakdale Memorial Gardens.
"Quad City men to be honored with Arsenal Street namings"
Honored is Milton Howard who worked at Rock Island Arsenal from 1866 to 1922.
He was the first black man that got a job at the Arsenal.
Howard saved the life of the arsenal commander who had fallen through the ice while inspecting a dam.
His two grandsons were leaders on the Island:
Howard Perkins was the first equal employment opportunity officer and Glenn Perkins was the first black supervisor.
--"Quad City Times" Davenport, Scott Co, Iowa; front page and A5; Aug 18, 2018.
Served as a private in Co. F, 60th US Colored Troops Infantry
Born a free African American in Muscatine County, Iowa. At a young age he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. As the Civil War erupted he and several others escaped their enslavement in Alabama together.
He made his way north to Iowa where he enlisted with the 60th USCT and bravely fought in the Battle of Big Creek.
He was shot twice and sliced with a saber. After the war, he returned to Davenport and lived there with his family until his death in 1928.
--"Freedom Seekers of Davenport, Iowa" a pamphlet at the Oakdale Memorial Gardens.
"Quad City men to be honored with Arsenal Street namings"
Honored is Milton Howard who worked at Rock Island Arsenal from 1866 to 1922.
He was the first black man that got a job at the Arsenal.
Howard saved the life of the arsenal commander who had fallen through the ice while inspecting a dam.
His two grandsons were leaders on the Island:
Howard Perkins was the first equal employment opportunity officer and Glenn Perkins was the first black supervisor.
--"Quad City Times" Davenport, Scott Co, Iowa; front page and A5; Aug 18, 2018.
Born a free African American in Muscatine County, Iowa. At a young age he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. As the Civil War erupted he and several others escaped their enslavement in Alabama together.
He made his way north to Iowa where he enlisted with the 60th USCT and bravely fought in the Battle of Big Creek.
He was shot twice and sliced with a saber. After the war, he returned to Davenport and lived there with his family until his death in 1928.
--"Freedom Seekers of Davenport, Iowa" a pamphlet at the Oakdale Memorial Gardens.
"Quad City men to be honored with Arsenal Street namings"
Honored is Milton Howard who worked at Rock Island Arsenal from 1866 to 1922.
He was the first black man that got a job at the Arsenal.
Howard saved the life of the arsenal commander who had fallen through the ice while inspecting a dam.
His two grandsons were leaders on the Island:
Howard Perkins was the first equal employment opportunity officer and Glenn Perkins was the first black supervisor.
--"Quad City Times" Davenport, Scott Co, Iowa; front page and A5; Aug 18, 2018.
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