Jack Bender turned an $85 investment at an auction several years into an avocational interest in the Civil War.
He spoke at Humboldt Friday night and again Saturday afternoon in Iola at the Allen County Historical Society Museum about letters written by Civil War soldiers with ties to the Humboldt area.
The auction acquisition occurred when Bender, an attorney and Air Force retiree who lives in Halstead, was on his way home one afternoon. Curiosity got the better of him, and while looking through things bound for the block, he noticed two boxes and a suitcase stuffed with letters…
Roles of local folks in Civil War noted
