Confederate History Month 2020--

First man killed in the "Civil" War-- No one was killed during the actual engagement, but as the Union soldiers lowered their flag, they honored it with a 100-gun salute. A premature discharge from one cannon caused an explosion that killed Pvt. Daniel Hough of the 1st U.S. Artillery. Not technically a battle death, but it did make Hough the first person killed in the Civil War.

https://www.npr.org/2011/04/09/135247928/the-civil-wars-first-death-was-an-accident