Fort Sumter: How a Forecast Ignited America's Bloodiest War!
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Fort Sumter: How a Forecast Ignited America's Bloodiest War!

June 23, 2026

In April 1861, President Lincoln planned a secret resupply mission to Fort Sumter, relying on a pioneering meteorologist's forecast for a storm to provide cover.

☔ But the weather betrayed them! A clear sky exposed Union ships, leading Confederates to open fire and ignite the American Civil War.

Discover how a misplaced prediction, a simple weather report, became the fragile pivot point for over 600,000 lives lost.

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