Thomas Jewett Goree (November 14, 1835 – March 5, 1905) was a Confederate Captain in the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. By the end of the war he was promoted to the rank of captain. He was one of Lt. General James Longstreet's most trusted aides.[1]
Thomas Jewett Goree | |
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Nickname(s) | TJ |
Born | Marion, Alabama | November 14, 1835
Died | March 5, 1905 Galveston, Texas | (aged 69)
Place of burial | Oakwood Cemetery Huntsville, Texas |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1861-1865 |
Rank | ![]() |
Unit | First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Other work | lawyer, superintendent of penitentiaries |
Early life
editCivil War service
editPostbellum
edit![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/GoreeUnitHuntsvilleTX.jpg/220px-GoreeUnitHuntsvilleTX.jpg)
The Goree Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, was named in honor of TJ Goree in 1935. The unit houses the state's Sex Offender Treatment Program and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The unit is accredited by the American Correctional Association.
Death
edithe died in Galveston Texas of pneumonia on March 5 1905
In popular media
edit- Goree was portrayed by Ivan Kane in Gettysburg, the 1993 film version of Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Shaara, Michael, The Killer Angels, The Random House Publishing Group, 1974, ISBN 1-58663-524-7.
- Goree, Thomas, Longstreet's Aide: The Civil War Letters of Major Thomas J. Goree, University Press of Virginia, June 1995, ISBN 0-8139-1574-0.
External links
edit- GOREE, THOMAS JEWETT from the Handbook of Texas Online
- "The Battle of Antietam on the Web".
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