 Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith commanded the ANV on May 31, 1862, following the wounding of Gen. J. E. Johnston during the Battle of Seven Pines.With Smith seemingly having a nervous breakdown, President Jefferson Davis drafted orders to place Gen. Robert E. Lee in command the following day.On June 1, 1862, its final and most famous leader, General Robert E. Lee, took command after Johnston was wounded and Smith suffered what may have been a nervous breakdown at the Battle of Seven Pines.