A few days before the Battle of Seven Pines , Johnson named Smith as a wing commander and Whiting assumed operational command of the division during the battle .
By early 1862 , Whiting had been assigned to command a brigade in Maj. Gen Gustavus W. Smith 's division .
A few days before the Battle of Seven Pines , Johnson named Gustavus W. Smith as a wing commander and Whiting assumed operational command of the division during the battle .
By early 1862 , Whiting had been assigned to command a brigade in Maj. Gen Gustavus W. Smith 's division .