The first Confederate state readmitted was Tennessee in 1866, the last was Georgia in 1870, after its 1868 return was blocked because it refused to ratify the 14th Amendment. (The states of Kentucky and Missouri had elected Union governments during the war.)
Dates of Readmission
Alabama - July 13, 1868
Arkansas - June 22, 1868
Florida - June 25, 1868
Georgia - July 21, 1868 (Approved on 2nd attempt July 15, 1870)
Louisiana - July 9, 1868
Mississippi - February 23, 1870
North Carolina - July 4, 1868
South Carolina - July 9, 1868
Tennessee - July 24, 1866
Texas - March 30, 1870
Virginia January 26, 1870
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