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        FILED
        WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 1, 2007</font></div>
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        NO. 333-_________</font></div>
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          AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong></font></div>
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        D.C.&#160;&#160;20549</font></div>
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        S-8</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>FIRST
        SECURITY GROUP, INC.</strong></font></div>
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        name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><em>(State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
                  organization)</em></font></div>
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                  Employer Identification
                  Number)</em></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>531
        Broad Street</strong></font></div>
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        TN&#160;&#160;37402</strong></font></div>
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        266-2000</strong></font></div>
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        including zip code and telephone number, including area code,</font></div>
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        registrant's principal executive offices)</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>First
        Security Group, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan</strong></font><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(Full
        title of plan)</font></div>
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                  L. Lusk, Jr.</strong></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Chief
                  Financial Officer</strong></font></div>
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                  D. Klingler, Esq.</strong></font></div>
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                  Security Group, Inc.</strong></font></div>
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                  Goldstein LLP</strong></font></div>
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                  Broad Street</strong></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>One
                  Atlantic Center, Fourteenth Floor</strong></font></div>
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                  TN&#160;&#160;37402</strong></font></div>
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                  West Peachtree Street, NW</strong></font></div>
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                  266-2000</strong></font></div>
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                  Georgia 30309-3488</strong></font></div>
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                  572-6600</strong></font></div>
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        address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
        agent
        for service)</font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Aggregate
                    </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Offering</strong></font></div>
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Price<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>(2)(3)</sup></font></strong></font></div>
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                    of </strong></font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Fee</strong></font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: -9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Common
                    Stock, $0.01 par value</font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">750,000
                    shares</font></div>
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                  <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(1)</font></div>
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                  <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Includes
                    an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued
                    to adjust
                    the number of shares issued pursuant to the employee benefit
                    plan
                    described herein as the result of any future stock split, stock
                    dividend
                    or similar adjustment of the Registrant&#8217;s outstanding common
                    stock.</font></div>
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                  <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(2)</font></div>
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                  <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Pursuant
                    to Rule 457(c), the proposed maximum offering price and registration
                    fee
                    are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
                    common stock
                    in the consolidated reporting system on July 31,
                    2007.</font></div>
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                  <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">(3)</font></div>
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                  <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">The
                    aggregate offering price is calculated solely for the purpose
                    of
                    determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under
                    the
                    Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">This
        Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed to register an additional
        750,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan.&#160;&#160;The
        contents of the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
        No. 333-105946) are incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><br>
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        attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
        for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
        capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
        to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
        and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
        Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full
        power
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        necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
        purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
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AS
        FILED
        WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 1, 2007
REGISTRATION
        NO. 333-_________
SECURITIES
          AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
        D.C.  20549
______________
FORM
        S-8
REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________
FIRST
        SECURITY GROUP, INC.
(Exact
        name of registrant as specified in its charter)
______________
TENNESSEE
58-2461486
(State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
                  organization)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification
                  Number)
______________
531
        Broad Street
Chattanooga,
        TN  37402
(423)
        266-2000
(Address,
        including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
of
        registrant's principal executive offices)
______________
First
        Security Group, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full
        title of plan)
______________
William
                  L. Lusk, Jr.
with
                  copy to:
Chief
                  Financial Officer
Robert
                  D. Klingler, Esq.
First
                  Security Group, Inc.
Powell
                  Goldstein LLP
531
                  Broad Street
One
                  Atlantic Center, Fourteenth Floor
Chattanooga,
                  TN  37402
1201
                  West Peachtree Street, NW
(423)
                  266-2000
Atlanta,
                  Georgia 30309-3488
(404)
                  572-6600
(Name,
        address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
        agent
        for service)
______________
CALCULATION
                    OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                    of Each Class
of
                    Securities to Be Registered
Amount
                    to Be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
                    Per
Share
(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
(2)(3)
Amount
                    of
Registration
Fee
Common
                    Stock, $0.01 par value
750,000
                    shares
$9.99
$7,492,500
$230.02
(1)
Includes
                    an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued
                    to adjust
                    the number of shares issued pursuant to the employee benefit
                    plan
                    described herein as the result of any future stock split, stock
                    dividend
                    or similar adjustment of the Registrant's outstanding common
                    stock.
(2)
Pursuant
                    to Rule 457(c), the proposed maximum offering price and registration
                    fee
                    are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
                    common stock
                    in the consolidated reporting system on July 31,
                    2007.
(3)
The
                    aggregate offering price is calculated solely for the purpose
                    of
                    determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under
                    the
                    Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
This
        Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed to register an additional
        750,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan.  The
        contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
        No. 333-105946) are incorporated herein by reference.
PART
        II
INFORMATION
        REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
        8.  Exhibits.
The
        following exhibits are filed
        herewith or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant
        to Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion
                  of Powell Goldstein LLP.
23.1
Consent
                  of Joseph Decosimo and Company, PLLC.
23.2
Consent
                  of Powell Goldstein LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power
                  of Attorney (included on Signature Page).
99.1
First
                  Security Group, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended.
1
1
Incorporated
                  by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Proxy Statement filed on
                  April 30, 2007 (File No.
                  000-49747).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the
        Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
        to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
        has
        duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
        undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chattanooga, State
        of
        Tennessee, on this the 25
th
day of
        July,
        2007.
FIRST
                  SECURITY GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/  
                  Rodger B. Holley
Rodger
                  B. Holley
Chief
                  Executive Officer
POWER
        OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
        ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that
        each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of
        Rodger B. Holley and William L. Lusk, Jr. as his or true and lawful
        attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
        for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
        capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
        to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
        and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
        Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full
        power
        and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing required or
        necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
        purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
        confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their
        substitutes, could lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
        hereof.
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the
        Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below on July
        25,
        2007 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/
                  Rodger B. Holley
Chief
                  Executive Officer and
Rodger
                  B. Holley
Chairman
                  of the Board of Directors
(Principal
                  Executive Officer)
/s/
                  William L. Lusk, Jr.
Secretary,
                  Chief Financial Officer and
William
                  L. Lusk, Jr.
Executive
                  Vice President
(Principal
                  Financial Officer)
/s/
                  John R. Haddock
Controller
                  and Vice-President
John
                  R. Haddock
(Principal
                  Accounting Officer)
/s/
                  J.C. Harold Anders
Director
J.
                  C. Harold Anders
/s/
                  Randall L. Gibson
Director
Randall
                  L. Gibson
/s/
                  Carol H. Jackson
Director
Carol
                  H. Jackson
/s/
                  Ralph L. Kendall
Director
Ralph
                  L. Kendall
Director
William
                  B. Kilbride
/s/
                  D. Ray Marler
Director
D.
                  Ray Marler
/s/
                  Lloyd L. Montgomery, III
Director,
                  President and
Lloyd
                  L. Montgomery, III
Chief
                  Operating Officer
EXHIBIT
        INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion
                  of Powell Goldstein LLP.
23.1
Consent
                  of Joseph Decosimo and Company, PLLC.
23.2
Consent
                  of Powell Goldstein LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power
                  of Attorney (included on Signature Page).
99.1
First
                  Security Group, Inc. 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended.
1
1
Incorporated
                  by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Proxy Statement filed on
                  April 30, 2007 (File No.
                  000-49747).