T. J. Goree

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
Nickname(s)TJ
Born(1835-11-14)November 14, 1835
Marion, Alabama
DiedMarch 5, 1905(1905-03-05) (aged 69)
Galveston, Texas
Place of burial
Oakwood Cemetery
Huntsville, Texas
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Service/branch Confederate States Army
Years of service1861-1865
Rank Major
UnitFirst Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Other worklawyer, superintendent of penitentiaries

Postbellum
Goree Unit

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.

Goree was portrayed by Ivan Kane in Gettysburg, the 1993 film version of Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels.

References
  1. Lt Thomas Jewett Goree
  1. GOREE, THOMAS JEWETT from the Handbook of Texas Online
  2. "The Battle of Antietam on the Web".

Book Sources
  1. Michael, Shaara, The Killer Angels, The Random House Publishing Group, 1974, ISBN 1-58663-524-7.
  2. 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.
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