George L. Hoage, 1924. Hoage was supply officer for the Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard.

Orrington C. Hall, ca.1920. Hall commanded Company B of the Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard. He was also a founding member of the St. Paul NAACP.

William R. Morris, ca.1919. Morris became captain of Company D of the Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard and was also a founding member of the Minneapolis NAACP. Image is from the Minneapolis National Advocate, March 15, 1919.

Gale Pillsbury Hilyer, ca.1919. Hilyer was captain of Company C of the Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard and a founding member of the Minneapolis NAACP. Image is from the Minneapolis National Advocate, March 15, 1919.

Lt. William H. Howard, c.1919. Howard was the leader of the Sixteenth Battalion Band.

Advertisement for an event hosted by Company A of the Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard. Image is from the St. Paul Appeal, May 25, 1918.

Dr. Obadiah D. Howard, Sergeant in the Sixteenth Battalion of the Minnesota Home Guard, and his grandson, Howard Maxwell, 1918.

Major Jose H. Sherwood, 1918. Sherwood commanded the Sixteenth Battalion of the Minnesota Home Guard.

Charles Sumner Smith was Captain of Company D of the Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard. He was a founding member of the Twin Cities Protective League and the Minneapolis NAACP. After the Duluth lynchings he helped with the founding of the Duluth NAACP. Image is from the St. Paul Appeal, August 25, 1917.

Patrick. H. Southall was Second Lt. of Company D of the Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard. Image is from the St. Paul Appeal, March 31, 1917.