No image of “Jack Tar” comparable to Bell I. Second, existing accounts of the naval Civil War have focused on the strategic role of naval forces in the contest, the governmental architects of naval policy, the naval officers who masterminded operations, and the innovations in technology and weaponry to the near exclusion of the enlisted sailors’ war.
First, the broad narrative of presidential leadership and the clash of armies in Virginia that Ken Burns’s The Civil War told so powerfully all but excludes naval forces from the tale.
Two explanations account for this imbalance. Given the wealth of available information about Civil War soldiers, the comparative poverty of such knowledge about Civil War sailors borders on the astonishing. The Civil War experiences of black sailors overlapped with and diverged from those of white sailors. The Navy Band B-1 served as ambassadors for the Navy and representatives of racial change in the American military tradition.Civil War sailor George Commodore. Surviving members of the Navy Band B-1 were interviewed to share their stories and reflections of their service during World War II. This study documents the historical timeline of events associated with the formation of the Navy Band B-1, the recruitment of the bandsmen, their service in the United States Navy, and their valuable contributions to the country. However, prior to the opening of the Navy’s Negro School of Music at the Great Lakes Camps, the Navy Band B-1 had already completed its training and was in full service. For many years it was believed that the black musicians of the Great Lakes Camp held the distinction as the first all-black Navy band to serve during World War II. This study investigates the service of the Navy Band B-1, the first all-black Navy band to serve during World War II. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Program Head/Chair Keywords: Richard Bundy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
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