The flag of the 1st & 3rd Florida Infantry, combined was given to the unit in 1864, or early 1865, if it replaced the unit flag destroyed at the Battle of Nashville. It was carried by the unit sometime after September 1864 based upon battle honors. There is some question as to whether this presentation-style flag was carried in battle or used only for ceremonial purposes late in the war. The unit's color bearer reported tearing up the regimental flag to prevent it being captured at the Battle of Nashville, December 16, 1864. If so, then this later flag was not carried on the field as a battle flag in 1864. Alternatively, this may have been pressed into service in the closing weeks of the war. An account noted that on April 9, 1865, when all Florida regiments in the Army of Tennessee were consolidated into a single 1st Florida Regiment, that the men voted to serve under the flag of the 1st & 3rd Florida, which is likely the one pictured above. In the closing weeks of the Army of Tennessee's existence the troops assembled for several corps reviews and this flag may have been carried at these ceremonies