ACW WI: Prominent Generals killed

Suppose there was a man, a fairly well trusted Confederate soldier, whose family lived somewhere in the border states. Now, let's say that said family gets killed in a misfire by a Confederate soldier(s). The first soldier, very attached to his family, goes slightly mad. He is one of those guarding a certain tent on June 23, 1862. Inside this tent are the major commanders of the Army of Northern Virginia. The soldier, in a fit of rage over the death of his family, goes into the tent, and manages to execute three of the generals* before himself being shot/stabbed to death by another guard or one of the generals. The three killed could really be any, but for the purpose of this exercise we'll postulate that it was Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, and James Longstreet. How would this affect both the Seven Days Battles and the Civil War itself?

*In this What If we'll assume that in addition to his standard firearm he has a Walker Colt revolver.
 
Off the top of my head, I imagine Joe Johnston will be doing better promotion wise...
Most likely. He got pulled off the front less than a month before the POD. I wonder if they'd just put him back in command or put someone new in?

Any of the ACW buffs want to weigh in on this one? Pwease? :)
 

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Seniority kicks in.

GW Smith is ill, so command of the Department and Army of Northern Virginia immediately goes to Magruder as senior Major General (he also ranked Jackson anyway).

Magruder likely sits in his entrenchments and waits for McClellan to blast him out whilst continually stating he doesn't have enough men. However, luck is on the CSA's side....

There are now only 3 full Generals left in the entire CSA, Cooper (Adjutant General based in Richmond, not a combat officer), Joe Johnston (injured) and Beauregard (relieved of command of the Army of Mississippi). It so happens Beauregard arrived that very day in Richmond to explain himself (and his arrival was detected, see my blog: http://67thtigers.blogspot.com/2010/06/beauregard-in-seven-days.html ). Beauregard gets command of the ANV, there is no-one else even remotely qualified available.
 
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