Monday February 18th the Akron Beacon Journal had an article announcing that the Summit County Historical Society will recognize Alvin Coe Voris with the Summit Award. [ http://www.ohio.com/news/summit-historical-society-to-honor-civil-war-general-1.374092 ] That article contained excerpts from a letter Voris wrote his wife describing a visit to a field hospital at Folly Island, SC. If you are interested in reading more here is a pdf of the complete letter. Alvin Coe Voris letter July 3 1863 If you or a student you know is interested in the Civil War, the Alvin Coe Voris papers 1860-1865 are available for researchers. If reading hand writing is not your thing many of the letters were published in Professor Mushkat’s book A Citizen-Soldier’s Civil War : the letters of Brevet Major General Alvin C. Voris available in Archival Services.