“Very few civilians were deliberately killed by either side in the civil war.”
During the Civil War, when the Federal troops came in and declared marital law, the death penalty was handed out generously, to civilians. For example, they would proclaim that helping Confederate troops was punishable by death. So, at night, some Feds would ride up to a house and tell the inhabitants they were Confederates and needed food. If they were supplied food, the men were taken out and executed. The South was completely destroyed by Federal troops. No one knows how many thousands of civilians were murdered. “Beast Butler” of New Orleans was a good example of the type of military dictatorships that ruled.
Isn't it against the rules of war (Yeah I know) for a solider of one side to pretend to be a solider of the other side? Those are some really low class trooper asking for food. I'd have hanged them had I been in command.