Barrycdog
Major
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2013
- Location
- Buford, Georgia
The Atlanta
Amateurs was a troop who did plays, acts and musicals to raise money for soldiers like Company A of the 9th Battalion Georgia Artillery also known as the Leyden Artillery. The William H. Barnes listed here is not the same William Barnes who was a captain in the 9th Georgia Artillery and one of the Immortal 600.
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY [ATLANTA,GA], October 30, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
Wanted: Recruits for theAtlantaAmateurs
Messrs. Editors: I wish through your journal to call the attention of the patriotic musical talent of our city to the fact that they can materially aid, with their abilities, the cause of our country, relieve, to a great extent, the wants of the soldier's family, and minister to the comfort of our gallant boys who are now upon the battlefield.
The organization, known as the Atlanta Amateurs, was formed here last May, and, as all are aware, have, in every instance, responded to the call of their fellow-citizens, and with what success, I leave to our audience to determine. Many of our members, since we commenced, have left our association and gone to the defense of their country. As these, one by one, left us, I called upon the ladies of our city to supply their places. A few responded, and to them is our city mainly indebted for the handsome sums which, from time, we have obtained by our entertainments and devoted to the support of the good cause.
From our organization to the present time, we have been actively employed. Over $4,000 has been procured by this pleasant method and distributed to the different companies and relief fund, and while our motto is "In for the War," a due regard for the health of the noble band, of which I have the honor to be manager, shows me the necessity of applying for recruits, and earnestly soliciting the assistance of others, in order to relieve those who have been so incessantly engaged, and also to add to the interest and brilliancy of our entertainments.
I trust, therefore, that the ladies and gentlemen Amateurs of our city will consider this a special invitation to assist us. If there is honor in fighting the battles of our country in the field, it surely is not discreditable to endeavor, in this pleasant manner, to sustain our soldiery and assist their families. One is as imperative a duty as the other. Both must be performed. We have all the talent here that we could wish, and it only needs being brought forward, and where could it be displayed to better advantage, or for a more laudable cause.
Ladies and gentlemen who take an interest in our success, and are willing to assist, will please send in their names to the Club.
Wm. H. Barnes,
Manager.
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