Georgia (U.S. State) in The American Civil War - Re-entry To The Union

Re-entry To The Union

The war left most of Georgia devastated, with many war dead and wounded, and the state's economy in shambles. The slaves were all emancipated in 1865, and Reconstruction started immediately after the hostilities ceased. The state remained poor well into the twentieth century. Georgia did not re-enter the Union until June 15, 1870, more than two years after South Carolina was readmitted. Georgia was the last of the Confederate States to re-enter the Union.