Milton Howard was born in Muscatine, Iowa, in 1852. He enlisted in the Union Army in 1864, serving as a private with Company F, 60th U.S. Colored Troops. After the war, he returned to Iowa and began working at Rock Island Arsenal in 1866 and was one of the first black workers employed there. (Courtesy of Rock Island Arsenal Archives)
| Date Taken: | 02.22.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 02.22.2022 11:34 |
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