Despite leaving their shares in all the lighthouses, mints, armories, and post offices in the North and West, the Southern Commissioners from both South Carolina, and later the Confederacy itself did not ask for their share in these, but offered to pay the Union for what they took. Mr. Abe refused to set a price.
He must have not cared.
Oh, he cared, of course. He cared about his precious casus belli, the thing that was going to get him what he wanted.
Abe had another idea -- dragging the South by the hair, beating her into submission by main force, and then keeping her in chains for his advantage and pleasure.
Only Congress can dispose of government property. Once again, they should have read the Constitution.