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Fair Oaks (also called Seven Pines) had no real strategic result, but did tend to confirm apprehensions in the mind of Union General McClellan, who feared he was outnumbered by the Rebels opposing him, when in fact the opposite was the case. So perhaps the strong assault by the Rebels, though achieving little, did make McClellan even more timid and irresolute than he had been. One result which had large effects on the course of the war was the wounding of the Confederate commander, General Joseph E. Johnston. As Johnston was being carried away on a stretcher a shell burst overhead and he was wounded again. Johnston was out of action for several months, and was replaced the next day by Robert E. Lee, who led that army for the rest of the war. Lee had been serving as military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, in Richmond, and thus was on hand to take over command of the principal Rebel field army when Johnston was wounded.

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