May 10th, 1863
Confederate White House
Richmond, Virginia
General Robert E Lee adressed the President, "Sir, It has come to my attention that we need to press our advantage and show those people that we will not lay down and let them invade our country without hitting them back." Davis looked at Lee. "I agree with you General, but what can we do? Granted, your defeat of Mr. Hooker's army a week ago is impressive, but i fear that he will soon return and in greater force. Also, in the west, Vicksburg is being surrounded and that worhtless Johnston is not doing a thing to help them!" Lee shook his head. "Mr. President, General Johnston is a fine general in fact sir, he is better than Pemberton, who is allowing his army to be driven back before Vicksburg. Also, General Grant is a general that understands the situation better Pemberton and has more men than he does."
Jefferson Davis knew that Lee was right. Pemberton wasn't the general that was needed in order to prevent Grant from taking Vicksburg, but who was? Most of the better Generals were in the East, not the West, although there had been reports of lesser rank generals preforming better than the generals who commanded them! What to do? "General Lee, what do you propose i do? I cannot send you there, nor is then any other canidates that would be better suited." Lee thought for a moment and said, " I think that there are more qualified Generals than you think, although they may not be on the best of terms with you, i think that for the good of the country we all need to set out differences aside and work together to help rid us of those people from the north." Davis smiled. That was what he liked about Lee. He always stayed positive. "Please tell me your plan general." Lee smiled and started to outline his plan.