His death was accidental, caused by a cannon that went off prematurely during a salute to the flag after the Battle of Fort Sumter.

[1] Although Hough was buried on the Fort Sumter parade ground during the surrender, it is not known where his remains are now.

[1] On October 7, 2012, a documentary entitled ‘What the Hough—The First Casualty of the American Civil War was a Tipperary Soldier’ produced by Tom Hurley was aired on Tipp FM radio in Ireland.

It attempted to investigate the background of Private Daniel Hough by researching his story both in Ireland and America.

The program revealed that Hough more than likely came from the Borrisokane area of County Tipperary.