to the passage below and then answer the question afterwards in the same language as the passage: Passage: The government of the United States (the Union) rejected the claims of secession and considered the Confederacy illegally founded. Ogun naa bẹrẹ pẹlu ikọlu Confederate lori Fort Sumter ni Oṣu Kẹrin Ọjọ 12, Ọdun 1861, ile-iṣẹ Union kan ni ibudo ti Charleston, South Carolina. Ko si ijọba ajeji ti o mọ Confederation gẹgẹbi orilẹ-ede ti o ni ominira, botilẹjẹpe Ilu Gẹẹsi ati Faranse fun ni ipo ti o ni igbadun, eyiti o gba awọn aṣoju Confederate laaye lati ṣe adehun pẹlu awọn ifiyesi aladani fun awọn ohun ija ati awọn ipese miiran. Ni ibẹrẹ ọdun 1865, lẹhin ọdun mẹrin ti ija lile ti o yori si 620,000 <unk> 850,000 awọn iku ologun, gbogbo awọn ọmọ ogun Confederate fi ara wọn silẹ ati Confederation parun. Ogun naa ko ni opin ti o ni opin; o fẹrẹ jẹ pe gbogbo awọn ọmọ ogun Confederate ti fi agbara mu lati fi ara wọn silẹ tabi ti o fọ patapata nipasẹ opin ọdun 1865, eyiti o dinku
April 12, ọdún 1861