Trivia 12-16-17 & Bonus

[Trivia Master]

What am I doing there? What am I and what is my name?

I was owned by a Democrat. I celebrated loudly after each Democratic win. However in November 1855, I celebrated too heavily and was silenced forever. To honor my Democratic loyalty, I was given a prominent home in the sidewalk of the little town of Gettysburg, Pa.

During the Battle, troops from both armies had to run around me. My owner was
imprisoned for allegedly arranging for a Confederate doctor to help a wounded Lieutenant-Colonel, William Dudley of the 19th Indiana, during the battle. But he was later released from jail on baseless charge of disloyalty concocted by a local Republican for political revenge.


Remarkably, if you visit Gettysburg today, just like the soldiers of 1863, you will have to run around me. What am I and what is my name?

credit: @lelliott19

Bonus: This Union office was stationed at Fort Sumter during the opening action in the war. He had been a roommate of Confederate artillerist Edward Porter Alexander at West Pont and when Virginia seceded shortly after Sumter's surrender he joined the Confederacy. He died of disease early in the war.

credit: @kholland

Edit - The first question was actually submitted by Wallyfish. lelliott19 has confirmed that this is the case.

hoosier

 

[hughes]

Penelope the cannon

RK Meade

 

[BlueNGrey]

Penelope, the cannon. The old political cannon was memorialized in front of the "voice" of the Democratic party, the office of the Gettysburg Compiler.

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=18056

Richard "Dick" Kidder Meade

http://www.civilwarsignals.org/1st/epalexander/epalexander.html
http://www.ohiocivilwarcentral.com/entry.php?rec=1552

 

[SWMODave]

Question #1 - my name is Penelope and I am a cannon tube

Source

 

[kholland]

"Penelope" was a cannon that was fired for Democratic victories. Due to an over-charge of powder the breach burst, putting it out of action.

Bonus: my question

 

[captaindrew]

I am Penelope, a War of 1812 cannon, was damaged in 1855 and embedded in the side walk in front of my owner Henry J Stahle's house.

 

[SWMODave]

Bonus question - Richard K Meade

Source

 

[Waterloo50]

Your name is "Penelope" and you were the breech of a cannon.
Bonus.
Edward Porter Alexander entered West Point in June of 1853 and was assigned to Dick Meade of Petersburg, Virginia as his roommate.

 

[captaindrew]

Bonus: Richard K Meade

 

[Stony]

1. I am an embedded cannon.
2. My name is Penelope.
3. Penelope is a cannon that the Democratic Party used to fire in Gettysburg during various celebrations until it exploded in 1855. She was then buried in front of the local home of the Democratic Party, the Compiler. Fittingly the old political cannon was memorialized in front of the "voice" of the Democratic party. The cannon is located at 126 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg at the former office and home of Henry J Stahle. Great find Lelliott19.
source-https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=18056

Bonus- Major Richard Kidder Meade Jr.
source-Civil War Petersburg: Confederate City in the Crucible War by A Wilson Greene. page 95.
https://books.google.com/books?id=C...er's+roommate+at+west+point&source=bl&ots=gzD

 

[Martini-Henry]

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What am I doing there? What am I and what is my name?

I was owned by a Democrat. I celebrated loudly after each Democratic win. However in November 1855, I celebrated too heavily and was silenced forever. To honor my Democratic loyalty, I was given a prominent home in the sidewalk of the little town of Gettysburg, Pa.

During the Battle, troops from both armies had to run around me. My owner was
imprisoned for allegedly arranging for a Confederate doctor to help a wounded Lieutenant-Colonel, William Dudley of the 19th Indiana, during the battle. But he was later released from jail on baseless charge of disloyalty concocted by a local Republican for political revenge.


Remarkably, if you visit Gettysburg today, just like the soldiers of 1863, you will have to run around me. What am I and what is my name?

credit: @lelliott19

Bonus: This Union office was stationed at Fort Sumter during the opening action in the war. He had been a roommate of Confederate artillerist Edward Porter Alexander at West Pont and when Virginia seceded shortly after Sumter's surrender he joined the Confederacy. He died of disease early in the war.

credit: @kholland

Penelope an 1812 vintage canon used to celebrate Democratic Party victories.

 

[Waterloo50]

Ooops, nearly forgot the reason why Penelope ended up there, she suffered from an over-charge of powder which ruptured the barrel..

 

[gentlemanrob]

Henry J. Stahle - Gettysburg Complier Newspaper

Bonus: Richard K. Meade Jr

Edit - Stahle was not buried in the sidewalk in a manner that would force people to run around him.

At least, I hope he wasn't.

hoosier

 

[Jimklag]

What am I doing there? What am I and what is my name?

I was owned by a Democrat. I celebrated loudly after each Democratic win. However in November 1855, I celebrated too heavily and was silenced forever. To honor my Democratic loyalty, I was given a prominent home in the sidewalk of the little town of Gettysburg, Pa.

During the Battle, troops from both armies had to run around me. My owner was
imprisoned for allegedly arranging for a Confederate doctor to help a wounded Lieutenant-Colonel, William Dudley of the 19th Indiana, during the battle. But he was later released from jail on baseless charge of disloyalty concocted by a local Republican for political revenge.


Remarkably, if you visit Gettysburg today, just like the soldiers of 1863, you will have to run around me. What am I and what is my name?

credit: @lelliott19

Bonus: This Union office was stationed at Fort Sumter during the opening action in the war. He had been a roommate of Confederate artillerist Edward Porter Alexander at West Pont and when Virginia seceded shortly after Sumter's surrender he joined the Confederacy. He died of disease early in the war.

credit: @kholland

Main question: You are a cannon buried in the sidewalk after having blown up in a celebration and your name is Penelope and your owner was Henry J. Stahle.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Odds and Ends - Welcome to my website for Battle of Gettysburg buffs ...
battleofgettysburgbuff.com/Odds_and_Ends.htm


Penelope!

Edit - The question asked not only for the name but also what the object was. Note that the rules say players may include a link with their answers, but a link cannot be the answer.

hoosier

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Bonus question:

Richard Kidder Meade died in Petersburg, Virginia, on April 20, 1862. He was interred in Old Blandford Cemetery. Although his widow survived him by decades and his youngest son may have lived, both his older sons, Maj. Richard Kidder Meade Jr. and Hugh Everard Meade, who had been sent home after falling ill in confederate camps, died within four months of their father.[5]


Wikipedia

 

[DBF]

Question
If I read the question there is also a what am "I doing there"? I guess that answer is provided in the fact that it was a newspaper office.
What Am I; You are a newspaper office that was owned by prominent democrat Henry J. Stahle.
Your Name: Gettysburg Compiler
https://gettysburgcompiler.org/2012/11/20/treason-or-slander-31466/
https://www.gettysburgdaily.com/eve...-with-licensed-battlefield-guide-deb-novotny/

Bonus
Richard Kidder Meade, Jr.
http://civilwarintheeast.com/west-point-officers-in-the-civil-war/class-of-1857/

Edit - Answer to first question revised in subsequent post.

hoosier

 

[adisciu9]

"Penelope" a cannon owned by Henry Stahle
Bonus: Richard Meade​

 

[Jimklag]

What am I doing there? What am I and what is my name?

I was owned by a Democrat. I celebrated loudly after each Democratic win. However in November 1855, I celebrated too heavily and was silenced forever. To honor my Democratic loyalty, I was given a prominent home in the sidewalk of the little town of Gettysburg, Pa.

During the Battle, troops from both armies had to run around me. My owner was
imprisoned for allegedly arranging for a Confederate doctor to help a wounded Lieutenant-Colonel, William Dudley of the 19th Indiana, during the battle. But he was later released from jail on baseless charge of disloyalty concocted by a local Republican for political revenge.


Remarkably, if you visit Gettysburg today, just like the soldiers of 1863, you will have to run around me. What am I and what is my name?

credit: @lelliott19

Bonus: This Union office was stationed at Fort Sumter during the opening action in the war. He had been a roommate of Confederate artillerist Edward Porter Alexander at West Pont and when Virginia seceded shortly after Sumter's surrender he joined the Confederacy. He died of disease early in the war.

credit: @kholland

Bonus: Richard K. Meade

 

[TinCan]

Bonus: Richard Kidder Meade Jr.