September 5-7...Before Harry’s Mom died, she gave him some family history in the form of books and family trees plus some historical memorabilia. One batch of things surrounded an ancestor by the name of Samuel J. Roller. (Harry’s Dad’s side) He was a Union Soldier during the Civil War and was captured near Atlanta on August 19, 1864 by the Texas Rangers. He was stripped of everything but his shirt and pants and held at Andersonville POW camp 8 months and 8 days. He went in weighing 175 pounds and came out weighing 75 pounds. He survived many tortures that took the lives of many of his unfortunate comrades. Somehow, during his time there he procured this small cast iron skillet. He brought it home with him, looking upon the skillet as a very valuable article because it served him well and allowed him to bake what little bread was allowed him during his trying days of his prison experience. Now we have the skillet.
This had to be especially for camp fires.
Unfortunately, due to Covid-19, the museum was closed but the cemetery, and portions of the reconstructed stockade were still there and open to the public. One of the Park Rangers, took the information we had and looked Mr. Roller up on the national registry. He ran off the information they had on him. We had known he had joined up as a musician for the army. And their information affirmed that to be true.
but very few people.
hkdorr 
What a great piece of history you shared. I loved reading about the past, but it was tragic what those soldiers went through. Thanks for sharing.