General:
The following is a brief chronology of wartime itinerary of the 1st Florida Volunteer Infantry, Company C. Company C was originally called the "Shine Guards" and hailed from Orlando, Florida.
The Intinerary:
05-14-98 - Unit left by rail for Tampa, a distance of 92 miles.
Arriving the same day, they pitched camp at Ft. Brooke.
05-20-98 - Marched to DeSoto Park where they pitched new camp.
07-21-98 - Transferred by rail to Fernandina, a distance of 259 miles.
07-22-98 - Arrived at Fernandina and pitched camp.
08-22-98 - Broke camp and marched into town, a distance of about 1
mile. Bivouacked in the streets there.
08-23-98 - Transferred by rail to Huntsville, Alabama, a distance of
about 600 miles, passing thru towns of Callahan, FL; Macon, Waycross
& Atlanta, GA; and Chattanooga, T.N.
08-25-98 - Arrived at Huntsville and pitched temporary camp.
08-26-98 - Marched to permanent campsite, a distance of about 1 miles.
10-09-98 - Transferred by rail to Tallahassee, Florida, a distance of
about 500 miles, passing thru towns of Chattanooga, TN; Atlanta, Macon,
Albany, & Thomasville, GA: and Monticello, FL.
10-11-98 - Arrived at Tallahassee, pitched camp at Houston's Green.
01-04-99 - Ordered to muster-out.
01-27-99 - Mustering-out completed.
Bacon, Eve, Orlando: A Centennial History (Chuluota, FL: The Mickler House Publishers, 1975) Pages 211-213.