My 20 Most Significant Events Affecting the Civil War-- Part 3

11.  Placing John Bell Hood in charge of the Army of the Tennessee.

12.  The large number of Southerners who did not support the Confederacy.

13.  Lincoln:  The ultimate politician and the Right man at the Right Time.

14.  Loss of Confederate ports and, to an extent, the blockade.

15.  The breakdown of the Confederate transportation system.

--Old Secesh