What might have been: The history of the victory of the Confederate States of America On April 6, 1862 the leader of the KGC (Knights of the Golden Circle) George W. L. Bickley met with Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, and Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin to plan a way to pull the United Kingdom into the war in favor of the Confederacy. George Bickley devised a plan to send undercover agents into the U.S. portraying Union officers and to attack Canada making the U.K. declare war on the U.S.