The following is a list of national encampments for which documentation exists. Some reunion years have multiple items found in our collections. Unless otherwise noted, the Library of Congress does not have official guides, souvenir programs, badges, flags, or other types of G.A.R. ephemeral materials.
Information concerning specific national encampments can be found in the Journal of the National Encampment for the year the encampment was held.
The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.
Indianapolis, Indiana (November 20, 1866)
Journal of the National Encampment by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (January 15, 1868)
Cincinnati, Ohio (May 12-13, 1869)
Washington, D.C. (May 11-12, 1870)
Boston, Massachusetts (May 10-11, 1871)
Cleveland, Ohio (May 8-9, 1872)
New Haven, Connecticut (May 14-15, 1873)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (May 13, 1874)
Chicago, Illinois (May 12- 13, 1875)
National encampment G. A. R. to be held at Chicago, Ill., May 12, 1875. by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (June 30, 1876)
Providence, Rhode Island (June 26-27, 1877)
Springfield, Massachusetts (June 4, 1878)
Membership: 31,016
Albany, New York (June 17-18, 1879)
Membership: 44,752
Dayton, Ohio (June 8-9, 1880).
Membership: 60,634.
Indianapolis, Indiana (June 15-16, 1881).
Membership: 85,856
Baltimore, Maryland (June 21-22-1882).
Membership: 134,701
Denver, Colorado (June 25-26, 1883).
Address of the commander-in-chief and report of the surgeon general by Minneapolis, Minnesota (June 23-25, 1884).
Official guide and souvenir of the 18th annual encampment, Grand army of the Republic, Minneapolis, Minn. July, 1884 by Portland, Maine (June 24-25, 1885).
Membership: 294,787
San Francisco, California (August 4-6, 1886).
Membership: 323,571
St. Louis, Missouri (September 28-30, 1887).
Membership: 355,916
Report of the adjutant-general, to the twenty-first annual session of National encampment, G. A. R. ... by Columbus, Ohio (September 12-14, 1888).
Membership: 372, 960
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (August 28-30, 1889).
Membership: 397,974
Boston, Massachusetts. (August 13-14, 1890).
Membership: 409,489.
Directory and programme for the national encampment, G. A. R., Boston by Official souvenir program of the Twenty-fourth national encampment, Boston, Mass., Aug., 1890, of the Grand Army of the Republic; also Fourth Convention National Naval Veteran's Association, and the Eighth Annual Convention Woman's Relief Corps. by Roll of the twenty-fourth national encampment G. A. R., Boston, Mass., August 13, 14 and 15, 1890. by Souvenir 24th national encampment by Unofficial proceedings in connection with the Twenty-fourth national encampment, Grand army of the republic, held in Boston, week August 11-16, 1890 by Detroit, Michigan (August 5-7, 1891).
Membership: 407,781.
Report of the adjutant-general to the twenty-fifth national encampment (silver anniversary,) G. A. R. by Roll of the twenty-fifth national encampment, (silver anniversary) G. A. R., Detroit, Michigan, August 5 and 6, 1891. by Washington, D.C. (September 21-22, 1892).
Membership: 399,880
Souvenir program, G. A. R., 26th national encampment, Washington, D. C., September 20th, 1892. by Indianapolis, Indiana (September 6-7, 1893).
Membership: 397,223
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (September 12-13, 1894).
Membership: 396,083.
Louisville, Kentucky (September 11-13, 1895).
Membership: 357,639
Louisville ... G.A.R. 29th encampment; souvenir and official programme. by St. Paul, Minnesota (September 3-4, 1896).
Membership: 340,610
Souvenir and official program, 30th national encampment, Grand army of the republic by Buffalo, New York (August 25-27, 1897).
Membership: 319,456
Itinerary... by Cincinnati, Ohio (September 5-6, 1898).
Membership: 305,603
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (September 6-7, 1899).
Membership: 287,918
[Official souvenir] 33d annual national encampment of the Grand army of the republic, Philadelphia, September 4-9, 1899 by Chicago, Illinois (August 29-30, 1900).
Membership: 276,612.
Cleveland, Ohio (September 12-13, 1901).
Membership: 269,507
The thirty-fifth national encampment of the Grand army of the republic, Cleveland, 1901. Reports of the citizens committees together with the addresses made at the two McKinley meetings held in Cleveland on Sept. 12 and 19, 1901 by Washington, D. C. (October 9-10, 1902).
Membership: 263,745
The Evening star [Washington, D.C.] Oct. 4, 6-11, 1902.Souvenir program of the Women's citizens committee, 36th national encampment of the Grand army of the republic, Washington, D.C. by San Francisco, California (August 20-21, 1903).
Membership: 256,510
Boston, Massachusetts (August 17-18, 1904).
Membership: 247,340
Unofficial proceedings in connection with the Thirty-eighth national encampment, Grand army of the republic, held in Boston, week August 15-20, 1904 by Denver, Colorado (September 7-8, 1905).
Membership: 232,455
Minneapolis, Minnesota (August 16-17, 1906).
Membership: 235,823
Roll of 40th national encampment of the Grand army of the republic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 16th and 17th, 1906; address of commander-in-chief, and reports of senior vice-commander-in-chief, junior vice-commander-in-chief ... etc. by Saratoga Springs, New York (September 12-13, 1907).
Membership: 229,932
Toledo, Ohio (September 3-4, 1908).
Membership: 225,157
Salt Lake City, Utah (August 12-13, 1909).
Membership: 220,600
Atlantic City, New Jersey (September 22-23, 1910).
Membership: 213,901.
Rochester, New York (August 24-25, 1911).
Membership: 203,410
Los Angeles, California (September 9-14, 1912).
Membership: 191,346
Chattanooga, Tennessee (September 18-19, 1913).
Membership: 180,227
...Official souvenir program, forty-seventh national encampment, Grand army of the republic, Chattanooga, Tenn., September fifteenth-twentieth, 1913 by Detroit, Michigan (September 3-4, 1914).
Membership: 171,335
...Official program... 48th national encampment... by Washington, D.C. (September 30-October 1, 1915).
Membership: 159,853
Kansas City, Missouri (August 28-September 2, 1916).
Membership: 140,074
Boston, Massachusetts (August 20-25, 1917).
Membership: 135,931
Portland, Oregon (August 18-24, 1918).
Membership: 120,916
Columbus, Ohio (September 7-13, 1919).
Membership: 110,357
Indianapolis, Indiana (September 19-25, 1920).
Membership: 103,258
Roll of the Fifty-fourth national encampment, Grand army of the republic; also list of committees. by Indianapolis, Indiana (September 25-29, 1921).
Membership: 93,171
Des Moines, Iowa (September 24-29, 1922).
Membership: 85,621
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (September 2-8, 1923).
Membership: 76,126
Journal of the National Encampment. by Boston, Massachusetts (August 10-15, 1924).
Membership: 65,382
Grand Rapids, Michigan (August 30-September 5, 1925).
Membership: 55,817
Des Moines, Iowa (September 19-25, 1926).
Membership: 47,179
Grand Rapids, Michigan (September 11-16, 1927).
Membership: 38,801
Denver, Colorado (September 16-21, 1928).
Membership: 32,614
Portland, Maine (September 8-13, 1929).
Membership: 26,219
Cincinnati, Ohio (August 24-28, 1930).
Membership: 21,080
Des Moines, Iowa (September 13-18, 1931).
Membership: 16,587
Springfield, Illinois (September 18-24, 1932).
Membership: 13,066
St. Paul, Minnesota (September 17-22, 1933).
Membership: 10,138
Rochester, New York (August 12-18, 1934).
Membership: 7,807
Grand Rapids, Michigan (September 8-14, 1935).
Membership: 6,244
Washington, D.C. (September 20-26, 1936).
Membership: 4,391
...Official program, seventieth national encampment of the Grand army of the republic, Washington, D. C., September 20-25, 1936. by Madison, Wisconsin (September 5-10, 1937).
Membership: 3,325
Des Moines, Iowa (September 4-9, 1938).
Membership: 2,443
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (August 27-September 1, 1939).
Membership: 1,701
Springfield, Illinois. (September 8-13, 1940).
Membership: 1,039
Columbus, Ohio (September 14-19, 1941).
Membership: 763
Indianapolis, Indiana (September 13-18, 1942).
Membership: 518
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (September 19-24, 1943).
Membership: 393
Des Moines, Iowa (September 10-15, 1944).
Membership: 249
Columbus, Ohio (September 30-October 4, 1945).
Membership: 163
Indianapolis, Indiana (August 25-30, 1946).
Membership: 103
Cleveland, Ohio (August 10-14,1947).
Membership: 66
Grand Rapids, Michigan (September 28-30, 1948).
Membership: 28
Indianapolis, Indiana (August 28-September 1, 1949).
Membership: 16
