The Grand Army of the Republic and Kindred Societies
National Encampments: Bibliography
The following is a list of national encampments for which documentation
of one kind or another exists. The Library of Congress does not
have official guides, souvenir programs, badges, flags, or other
types of G.A.R. ephemeral materials. If the name of an encampment
is hotlinked, the Library does possess some miscellaneous published
materials for that encampment; go to the link to see a listing of
those materials. The full text of these materials is not available
online. Information concerning specific national encampments can
be found in the Journal of the National Encampment...
(LC call number: E462.1.A17) for the year the encampment was held.
There are no official records of membership prior to 1878.
First National Encampment, Indianapolis,
Ind.
November 20, 1866 |
Second National Encampment, Philadelphia, Pa.
January 15, 1868 |
Third National Encampment, Cincinnati, Ohio
May 12-13, 1869 |
Fourth National Encampment, Washington, D.C.
May 11-12, 1870 |
Fifth National Encampment, Boston, Mass.
May 10-11, 1871 |
Sixth National Encampment, Cleveland, Ohio
May 8-9, 1872 |
Seventh National Encampment, New Haven, Conn.
May 14-15, 1873 |
Eighth National Encampment, Harrisburg, Pa.
May 13, 1874 |
Ninth National Encampment, Chicago,
Ill.
May 12-13, 1875 |
Tenth National Encampment, Philadelphia, Pa.
June 30, 1876 |
Eleventh National Encampment, Providence, R. I.
June 26-27, 1877 |
Twelfth National Encampment, Springfield, Mass.
June 4, 1878
Membership: 31,016 |
Thirteenth National Encampment, Albany, N.Y.
June 17-18, 1879
Membership: 44,752 |
Fourteenth National Encampment, Dayton, Ohio
June 8-9, 1880
Membership: 60,634 |
Fifteenth National Encampment, Indianapolis, Ind.
June 15-16, 1881
Membership: 85,856 |
Sixteenth National Encampment, Baltimore, Md.
June 21-23, 1882
Membership: 134,701 |
Seventeenth National Encampment, Denver,
Colo.
June 25-26, 1883 |
Eighteenth National Encampment, Minneapolis,
Minn.
June 23-25, 1884 |
Nineteenth National Encampment, Portland, Maine
June 24-25, 1885
Membership: 294,787 |
Twentieth National Encampment, San Francisco, Calif.
August 4-6, 1886
Membership: 323,571 |
Twenty-first National Encampment,
St. Louis, Mo.
September 28-30, 1887
Membership, 355,916 |
Twenty-second National Encampment, Columbus, Ohio
September 12-14, 1888
Membership: 372,960 |
Twenty-third National Encampment, Milwaukee, Wis.
August 28-30, 1889
Membership: 397,974 |
Twenty-fourth National Encampment,
Boston, Mass.
August 13-14, 1890
Membership: 409,489 |
Twenty-fifth National Encampment,
Detroit, Mich.
August 5-7, 1891
Membership: 407,781 |
Twenty-sixth National Encampment,
Washington, D.C.
September 21-22, 1892
Membership: 399,880 |
Twenty-seventh National Encampment, Indianapolis, Ind.
September 6-7, 1893
Membership: 397,223 |
Twenty-eighth National Encampment, Pittsburgh, Pa.
September 12-13, 1894
Membership: 396,083 |
Twenty-ninth National Encampment,
Louisville, Ky.
September 11-13, 1895
Membership: 357,639 |
Thirtieth National Encampment, St.
Paul, Minn.
September 3-4, 1896
Membership: 340,610 |
Thirty-first National Encampment,
Buffalo, N. Y.
August 25-27, 1897
Membership: 319,456 |
Thirty-second National Encampment, Cincinnati, Ohio
September 5-6, 1898
Membership: 305,603 |
Thirty-third National Encampment,
Philadelphia, Pa.
September 6-7, 1899
Membership: 287,918 |
Thirty-fourth National Encampment, Chicago, Ill.
August 29-30, 1900
Membership: 276,612 |
Thirty-fifth National Encampment,
Cleveland, Ohio
September 12-13, 1901
Membership: 269,507 |
Thirty-sixth National Encampment,
Washington, D.C.
October 9-10, 1902
Membership: 263,745 |
Thirty-seventh National Encampment, San Francisco, Calif.
August 20-21, 1903
Membership: 256,510 |
Thirty-eighth National Encampment,
Boston, Mass.
August 17-18, 1904
Membership: 247,340 |
Thirty-ninth National Encampment, Denver, Colo.
September 7-8, 1905
Membership: 232,455 |
Fortieth National Encampment, Minneapolis,
Minn.
August 16-17, 1906
Membership:235,823 |
Forty-first National Encampment, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
September 12-13, 1907
Membership: 229,932 |
Forty-second National Encampment, Toledo, Ohio
September 3-4, 1908
Membership: 225,157 |
Forty-third National Encampment, Salt Lake City, Utah
August 12-13, 1909
Membership: 220,600 |
Forty-fourth National Encampment, Atlantic City, N. J.
September 22-23, 1910
Membership: 213,901 |
Forty-fifth National Encampment, Rochester, N. Y.
August 24-25, 1911
Membership: 203,410 |
Forty-sixth National Encampment, Los Angeles, Calif.
September 9-14, 1912
Membership: 191,346 |
Forty-seventh National Encampment, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
September 18-19, 1913
Membership: 180,227 |
Forty-eighth National Encampment,
Detroit, Mich.
September 3-4, 1914
Membership: 171,335 |
Forty-ninth National Encampment, Washington, D. C.
September 30-October 1, 1915
Membership: 159,853 |
Fiftieth National Encampment, Kansas City, Mo.
August 28-September 2, 1916
Membership: 140,074 |
Fifty-first National Encampment, Boston, Mass.
August 20-25, 1917
Membership: 135,931 |
Fifty-second National Encampment, Portland, Oreg.
August 18-24, 1918
Membership: 120,916 |
Fifty-third National Encampment, Colombus, Ohio
September 7-13, 1919
Membership: 110,357 |
Fifty-fourth National Encampment,
Indianapolis, Ind.
September 19-25, 1920
Membership: 103,258 |
Fifty-fifth National Encampment, Indianapolis, Ind.
September 25-29, 1921
Membership: 93,171 |
Fifty-sixth National Encampment, Des Moines, Iowa
September 24-29, 1922
Membership: 85,621 |
Fifty-seventh National Encampment,
Milwaukee, Wis.
September 2-8, 1923
Membership: 76,126 |
Fifty-eighth National Encampment, Boston, Mass.
August 10-15, 1924
Membership: 65,382 |
Fifty-ninth National Encampment, Grand Rapids, Mich.
August 30 to September 5, 1925
Membership: 55,817 |
Sixtieth National Encampment, Des Moines, Iowa
September 19-25, 1926
Membership: 47,179 |
Sixty-first National Encampment, Grand Rapids, Mich.
September 11-16, 1927
Membership: 38,801 |
Sixty-second National Encampment, Denver, Colo.
September 16-21, 1928
Membership: 32,614 |
Sixty-third National Encampment, Portland, Maine
September 8-13, 1929
Membership: 26,219 |
Sixty-fourth National Encampment, Cincinnati, Ohio
August 24-28, 1930
Membership: 21,080 |
Sixty-fifth National Encampment, Des Moines, Iowa
September 13-18, 1931
Membership: 16,587 |
Sixty-sixth National Encampment, Springfield, Ill.
September 18-24, 1932
Membership: 13,066 |
Sixty-seventh National Encampment, St. Paul, Minn.
September 17-22, 1933
Membership: 10,138 |
Sixty-eighth National Encampment, Rochester, N. Y.
August 12-18, 1934
Membership:7,807 |
Sixty-ninth National Encampment, Grand Rapids, Mich.
September 8-14, 1935
Membership: 6,244 |
Seventieth National Encampment, Washington,
D.C.
September 20-26, 1936
Membership: 4,391 |
Seventy-first National Encampment, Madison, Wis.
September 5-10, 1937
Membership: 3,325 |
Seventy-second National Encampment, Des Moines, Iowa
September 4-9, 1935
Membership: 2,443 |
Seventy-third National Encampment, Pittsburgh, Pa.
August 27 to September 1, 1939
Membership: 1,701 |
Seventy-fourth National Encampment, Springfield, Ill.
September 8-13, 1940
Membership: 1,039 |
Seventy-fifth National Encampment, Columbus, Ohio
September 14-19, 1941
Membership: 763 |
Seventy-sixth National Encampment, Indianapolis, Ind.
September 13-18, 1942
Membership: 518 |
Seventy-seventh National Encampment, Milwaukee, Wis.
September 19-24, 1943
Membership: 393 |
Seventy-eighth National Encampment, Des Moines, Iowa
September 10-15
Membership: 249 |
Seventy-ninth National Encampment, Columbus, Ohio
September 30 to October 4, 1945
Membership: 163 |
Eigthtieth National Encampment, Indianapolis, Ind.
August 25-30, 1946
Membership: 103 |
Eighty-first National Encampment, Cleveland, Ohio
August 10-14, 1947
Membership: 66 |
Eighty-second National Encampment, Grand Rapids, Mich.
September 28-30, 1948
Membership: 28 |
Eighty-third National Encampment, Indianapolis, Ind.
August 28 to September 1, 1949
Membership: 16 |
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