Saturday, May 2, 2026

Question: What year was Tennessee readmitted to the Union after the Civil War, becoming the first former Confederate state to rejoin?

Answer: 1866. Tennessee became the first former Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, which specified that no state should “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law,” and shortly thereafter Tennessee became the first former Confederate state to return to the Union.