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Here are the Confederate states and their dates of secession and re-admittance into the Union. It amazed me how long it took for some states to ratify and be readmitted.1.South Carolina Dec. 20, 1860 July 9, 1868 2. Mississippi Jan. 9, 1861 Feb. 23, 1870 3. Florida Jan. 10, 1861 June 25, 1868 4. Alabama Jan. 11, 1861 July 13, 1868 5. Georgia Jan. 19, 1861 July 15, 18706. Louisiana Jan. 26, 1861 July 9, 1868 7. Texas March 2, 1861 March 30, 1870 8. Virginia April 17, 1861 Jan. 26, 1870 9. Arkansas May 6, 1861 June 22, 1868 10. North Carolina May 20, 1861 July 4, 1868 11. Tennessee June 8, 1861 July 24, 1866
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Four other slave states?Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri?remained in the Union.
I didn't know that Kentucky had not broken from the Union. I think that the re-admittance of various Southern states was probably contingent on them accepting certain policies. Since the Union was in control after a war that seemed at least in part to be based on Southern principles I can imagine that it was difficult for some states to accept defeat. Also they had to work within frameworks that were probably devastated during the war.
Kentucky tried to remain neutral throughout the war, but the Union quickly moved in and made Kentucky the hub of their staging operations for the Western Theater. Louisville was Sherman's headquarters for much of the early part of the war. Meanwhile the Confederates established a capital in Bowling Green, but after the Battle of Perryville (Oct 8-9, 1862), the Confederates were forced to abandon their hold on the state and shift their focus back onto Tennessee.
