Sumter was not sovereign US territory. It was in South Carolina and South Carolina seceded. It was sovereign South Carolina territory.
Gitmo was always s sparsely populated bay on the far side of the island. It was not their principal harbor like Charleston was and is. No country would allow another to maintain a fort in its principle harbor.
Yeah it was.
It was in South Carolina and South Carolina seceded. It was sovereign South Carolina territory.
South Carolina had deeded it free and clear to the federal government. They had no legal claim to it.
Gitmo was always s sparsely populated bay on the far side of the island. It was not their principal harbor like Charleston was and is. No country would allow another to maintain a fort in its principle harbor.
It is at least as important to Cuba as Charleston was to the Confederacy. Depending on which measure you use - imports or exports - Charleston was the third or fourth busiest port in the South.