I don't see how you could possibly have come to that conclusion. It's CodeToad's world where the state can seize at will. In the real world it took an act of the South Carolina legislature to deed the property free and clear to the federal government to build the fort on. And it would have taken an act of Congress to return the property to the state.
The civil war was about freedom from central government tyranny.
Which is a nice fairy tale and sounds terrific but ignores the fact that prior to the war the South was the federal government. They supplied presidents, they held cabinet posts, they were leaders in Congress. So that would mean that any tyranny the South complained about was inflicted on itself by its own leadership.
Unfortunately the good guys lost, and as always the victors get the privilege of writing the history in such a way as to justify their actions.
And the losers create their own fantasy world explaining why they lost and imagining how wonderful their life would be if only, if only, they had won. That part is still going on.
the asset I was referring to were the slaves.