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.Lt Thomas Jewett Goree
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Early life

Civil War service

Postbellum

The

Goree Unit The Thomas Goree Unit (GR) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison, located in Huntsville, Texas, south of downtown Huntsville on Texas State Highway 75 South. The Goree Unit is located within Region I.

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

In popular media

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

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Book Sources

# Michael, Shaara, ''The Killer Angels'', The Random House Publishing Group, 1974, . # Goree, Thomas, ''Longstreet's Aide: The Civil War Letters of Major Thomas J. Goree'', University Press of Virginia, June 1995, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Goree, Thomas Jewett 1835 births 1905 deaths People of Texas in the American Civil War Confederate States Army officers People from Marion, Alabama People from Huntsville, Texas Baylor University alumni Deaths from pneumonia in Texas Military personnel from Texas