1886 Camp Participants Part 3
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San Francisco Daily Morning Call Newspaper
Departments at the 1886 Encampment of the G.A.R.
List of Previous Encampments 1866-1885
Copyright © 1997 by Jim W. Faulkinbury, CGRS, all rights reserved
On August 4th, 1886, the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) held its annual convention or "encampment" in San Francisco, California. The G.A.R. had been organized in 1866. By 1886, the G.A.R. had been organized in thirty-seven Departments representing various states or regions. The 1886 encampment in San Francisco was the twentieth annual encampment. The first was held in 1866 and there was no encampment in 1867.
G.A.R. Departments
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Dakota
- Delaware
- Florida
- Gulf
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Potomac
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee/Georgia
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington Terr.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Past G.A.R. Encampments
- 1866 - Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1867 - none
- 1868 - Philadelphia, Penn. (Jan 15)
- 1869 - Cincinnati, Ohio (May 12)
- 1870 - Washington D.C. (May 11)
- 1871 - Boston, Mass. (May 10)
- 1872 - Cleveland, Ohio (May 8)
- 1873 - New Haven, Conn. (May 14)
- 1874 - Harrisburg, Penn. (May 13)
- 1875 - Chicago, Illinois (May 12)
- 1876 - Philadelphia, Penn. (Jun 30)
- 1877 - Providence, RI (Jun 26)
- 1878 - Springfield, Mass. (Jun 4)
- 1879 - Albany, New York (Jun 17)
- 1880 - Dayton, Ohio (Jun 8)
- 1881 - Indianapolis, Indiana (Jun 15)
- 1882 - Baltimore, Maryland (Jun 21)
- 1883 - Denver, Colorado (Jun 25)
- 1884 - Minneapolis, Minn. (Jul 23)
- 1885 - Portland, Maine (Jul 24)