...evolved on him the temporary command of the army. On the following day at 2 o'clock p. m. Gen. Robert E. Lee was assigned to the command of the army. Seven Pines would have been a fatal day for Tennessee if no other casualty had befallen Hatton's brigade than the fall of its commander. The personal bearing and conduct of the lamented General Hatton upon the field were gallant, and true to his high ...