They were sent to Pensacola, Florida, where they became Company D of the 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment.

The flag was presented to the Guards in September 1860 by Miss Crossley and received for the company by M. B. Locke on the steps of the Methodist Church.

Dr. Thomas Owen, Director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, learned of the flag's location and requested its return in the summer of 1903.

On March 15, 1905, acting Governor of Alabama Russel M. Cunningham requested that the flag be returned.

Joint Resolution Number 29-S of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, April 13, 1905, approved the return of the flag and it was finally received on August 5, 1905.