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Georgia Readmitted to the Union
- When
- 15 July 1870
- Where
- Atlanta, Georgia (state capital since 1868); specific site of the readmission act not identified in supplied passages
Georgia became the last former Confederate state readmitted to the Union on July 15, 1870, completing the reintegration of the South.
On July 15, 1870, Georgia was officially readmitted to the Union. It was the final state among the former Confederacy to be re-admitted, marking the end of the formal political exclusion of Southern states from the federal government.
Sources
- Georgia (U.S. state) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
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