Stonewall Brig 
March 12th [1864] 
Dear Sister, 
 We are all quiet again in camp, as orders to move to hancellorsville were countermanded after I had mailed my last letter, so I thought I would write again today to quiet your great uneasiness which you no doubt felt owing to my being exposed to the great danger of being run over by a set of demonised Yankee cavalry.  So you see we have not any great fears of cavalry, but fear our own about as much as we do those of the Yanks. 
 By the way we have some of Dunn's Battallion of cavalry assigned to our regiment as conscripts, [I] suppose they were caught stealing or straying through the country.  Hope they may make better soldiers in the Stonewall Brigade, having us veterans as examples, than they did in the Batt. 
 
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 I expect there will be some change in the army shortly, as Gen. Longstreet has arrived here with his staff.  Gen Ewell will resign because he cannot stand field service and Gen. Longstreet will take his place.  I hope it may be so.  Never had much confidence in Gen. Ewell.   
 Has Mr. Wallace ever taken charge of the farm yet?  A great number are getting details from the army to farms. 
 Has Mr. Patton gone into service or is he exempt? 
 I will write again shortly but must close now as the mail is about to leave. 
       A.T.B.