 The first man to be killed in action was David Stone of H company, who was shot on May 5, 1862, near Yorktown, Virginia.It is somewhat harder to identify the last man to die during the war.Moses Monroe, originally of E company and transferred to the Fifth regiment in June 1864, was wounded on April 6, 1865, at Sayler’s Creek, Virginia, near Appomattox and died of his wounds on April 23.