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Friendly fire is by definition an accident. Killing this citizen was intentional. I feel it's odd to allow them to be conflated.

I find it incredibly hard to believe that no US non-military citizen was killed by either side in the Civil war.

Upon failing to retake Fort Sumter, Union troops turned their cannons on the city of Charleston itself, killing an estimated 80 people over the course of the 500+ days of bombardment. To this day, the area is host to unexploded ordnance (rusted black-powder shells, basically).

Friendly fire, _by definition_, is a mistake.

Friendly fire, _by definition_, is not something the Army _actively plans_ to do.

I don't understand your comment. The claim, to which I responded, said _nothing_ about _active plans_. The claim was simply that it was the first US civilian ever killed by the military.

The definition of war has become extremely loose in modern times.