Died in Shepherdstown, Maryland, on the 18th day of September 1862, Elcana Marchbanks, in 28th year of his age, he was one of the noble hearted patriots who cheerfully responded to his Country's call for volunteers to defend her right; and under Capt. Dean, he hastened to meet the invading foe on the line of the Potomac. But alas! like many other brave hearts he falls a sacrifice to his Country's honor not on the battlefield, but by disease and far from home and loved ones he lays down his weapons of warfare and closes his eyes in death of open the in the Paradise of God on high -for he was a soldier of the Cross as well as of the Confederacy. He had been a member of Reedy River Church for nine years and the writer formed an acquaintance with him at the house of prayer and praise where he has often witnessed the flowing tear starting down his cheeks in hope of the joys of that Heaven to which we doubt not he is gone. He leaves a wife and child, father and mother together with five brothers in the Army to mourn his loss but though he has fallen in the prime of life, he died in a noble cause and sleeps the long sleep of death far from home and friends yet they have the consolation he died a soldier of his Country and soldier of the Cross of Christ. What could we desire as God willed not his stay longer on earth. Peace be to his dusty bed. Though no mark may be left to note his resting place, God will take care of his ashes and on the morning of the Resurrection we hope to meet him where wars separate and molest no more and may God's grace sustain the bereaved.