{"id":107297,"date":"2021-05-24T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/?p=107297"},"modified":"2021-05-23T19:17:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T00:17:22","slug":"the-german-regiment-steuben-volunteers-col-john-e-bendix-commanding-receiving-the-american-and-steuben-flags-in-front-of-the-city-hall-new-york-may-24th-1861","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/the-german-regiment-steuben-volunteers-col-john-e-bendix-commanding-receiving-the-american-and-steuben-flags-in-front-of-the-city-hall-new-york-may-24th-1861\/","title":{"rendered":"The German Regiment, Steuben Volunteers, Col. John E. Bendix Commanding, Receiving the American and Steuben Flags in Front of the City Hall, New York, May 24th, 1861"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/exit78\/27632498121\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107298 size-full\" title=\"The German Regiment, Steuben Volunteers, Col. John E. Bendix Commanding, Receiving the American and Steuben Flags in Front of the City Hall, New York, May 24th, 1861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-German-Regiment-Steuben-Volunteers.jpg\" alt=\"The German Regiment, Steuben Volunteers, Col. John E. Bendix Commanding, Receiving the American and Steuben Flags in Front of the City Hall, New York, May 24th, 1861\" width=\"2047\" height=\"1296\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-German-Regiment-Steuben-Volunteers.jpg 2047w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-German-Regiment-Steuben-Volunteers-300x190.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-German-Regiment-Steuben-Volunteers-1024x648.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-German-Regiment-Steuben-Volunteers-768x486.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-German-Regiment-Steuben-Volunteers-1536x972.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2047px) 100vw, 2047px\" \/><\/a>(from Frank Leslie&#8217;s Illustrated History of the Civil War&#8230;, edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895)<\/p>\n<p>The Seventh (Steuben) Regiment, commanded by Colonel Bendix, sailed for Fortress Monroe on May 25th, 1861. Previous to their departure they received a beautiful banner, the gift of some patriotic German ladies, and which was presented by Miss Bertha Kapff, daughter of the Lieutenant Colonel. Afterward they had another flag presented to them at the City Hall by Judge Daly, who made a forcible, brilliant and patriotic speech, which was enthusiastically received. The regiment was composed of 850 men. It was one of the most efficient regiments in the service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(from Frank Leslie&#8217;s Illustrated History of the Civil War&#8230;, edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) The Seventh (Steuben) Regiment, commanded by Colonel Bendix, sailed for Fortress Monroe on May 25th, 1861. Previous to their departure they received a beautiful banner, the gift of some patriotic German ladies, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-107297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-misc"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}