The vast majority of his militia were farmers from the local area with a couple of "labourers", and four privates listed in the muster rolls as a saddler, printer, carpenter and mechanic.

Captain Parkhill's company of three officers and 76 soldiers moved to Fort Myers where they searched for Seminoles hiding in the Everglades.

Including Captain Parkhill, 11 soldiers were killed or died while in service, three were discharged with a disability, and one private deserted.

They arrived in Richmond and were mustered into Confederate service on 20 August 1861 as an independent company, trained on artillery and sent to Evansport, Virginia on 27 September 1861 where they manned a battery of guns overlooking the Potomac River.

[9] Howell Guards fought in every battle with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Peninsula campaign to the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse where the company had only 16 soldiers left to muster out on April 9, 1865.

[11] Ed Lewis was issued infantry equipment of 40 Springfield breach loading rifles, caliber 50, 40 steel bayonets with leather scabbard, cartridge boxes with plates and belts.

Captain Moseley was a 2nd Florida Infantry veteran, having been appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Saint Augustine Rifles (Co H) at the formation of the regiment on July 13, 1861.

Captain Moseley additionally received one 12-pound howitzer with carriage and limber, and other artillery ordnance for the Governor's Guards.

In the Adjutant General Report of 1881–1882, it stated that "too much cannot be said in praise of the very competent and faithful discharge of duty, both of officers and men, on this occasion" and that "all serious disturbance was averted, and peace and quiet soon restored."

[13] In 1882, First Lieutenant W. C. Lewis was issued 50 bayonet scabbards, 50 gun slings, 50 cartridge boxes, waist belts and plates.

[14] The Governor's Guards "voluntarily disbanded without orders from headquarters" as stated in the Adjutant General's Report of 1885 to 1886, and had not yet surrendered their arms of fifty caliber 50 rifles and accoutrements.

During this encampment two U.S. Army officers, Captain Thomas M. Woodruff and Hunter Liggett of the 5th U. S. Infantry, acted as instructor and inspector.

In fact, the 20 companies from around the state were consolidated, reorganized, and mustered into federal service 20–25 May 1898 at Tampa as the 1st Florida Volunteer Infantry.

[19] The unit was reorganized as Company C, 1st Infantry on June 7, 1907 and conducted a joint coast defense exercise in Pensacola in the same year.

Company C was activated for state duty from October 30 to November 15, 1912 to help restore order during the violent Railway Strike in Jacksonville.

[16][23] The Tallahassee unit was reorganized as Company B, 1st Florida Infantry on May 29, 1917 under command of Captain Sydney J. Catts, and drafted into federal service 5 August 1917, and sent to Camp Wheeler, GA. Florida's 1st and 2nd Regiments were consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 124th Infantry and assigned to the 31st Division, as part of the mobilization for World War I.

After the regiment arrived in France, the Division and subordinate units were split up into small groups and sent as replacements where needed.

[16] The unit was reorganized after World War I as Company M, 124th Infantry on June 26, 1924 under command of Captain Charles N. Hobbs and conducted annual training at Camp Joseph E. Johnston from July 13 to 27 of the same year.

Shortly after the maneuvers Company M was mobilized, along with the 124th Infantry, for one year of training at Camp Blanding on November 25, 1940 under command of Captain Henry W. McMillan, Jr. Company M had three other officers assigned at their federalization: First Lieutenant Julius C. Newton, Second Lieutenants Jay L. Hall and Herbert C. Kaufman all of Tallahassee.

[16] Company A, 124th Infantry was reorganized on January 24, 1947 at the armory on Monroe Street, across from Lake Ella with 1LT Ralph C. Davis commanding.

Conducted Annual Training at Fort Jackson from July 22 to August 6, 1950 under command of Captain Russell W. Buckhalt (another former sergeant from 1940 Company M).

Conducted Annual Training June 30 to July 14, 1957 at Fort Stewart under command of Lieutenant William B. Langley and was awarded Small Bore Rifle Matches Trophy '56-'57.

In 1992, Alpha Company, under the command of Captain Mike Canzoneri, deployed to Miami to assist victims of Hurricane Andrew.

The 2006-07 BCT reorganization disbanded E Troop altogether and converted the 3rd Battalion "Warrior", 124th Infantry into what is the 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry.

Though E Troop and 1st Squadron share the same coat of arms, 1-153 Cavalry was constituted entirely from the infantrymen of 3-124 Infantry and so continue the 3rd Battalion's lineage.

Troop C deployed with its parent unit, the 1-153 Cavalry, part of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn.

The infantry officers and sergeants formed a cadre that organized and trained the new soldiers to perform security missions; nearly all leadership positions continued to be held only be the infantrymen of C Troop.

The squadron underwent intense pre-mobilization training at Camp Blanding, FL for the entire month of October 2009 where the dismounted scout troop practiced mobility operations with HMMWVs.

The soldiers boarded buses that drove them from the Tallahassee armory to Panama City, Florida where they flew to Fort Hood, Texas for two months of mobilization training.