Thomas Jewett Goree (November 14, 1835 – March 5, 1905) was a

Confederate Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities * Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1 ...

Captain in the

First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia The First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (or Longstreet's Corps) was a military unit fighting for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. It was formed in early 1861 and served until the spring of 1865, mostly in the Easte ...

during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

. 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

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Death

In popular media

Goree was portrayed by Ivan Kane in '' Gettysburg,'' the 1993 film version of

Michael Shaara Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 – May 5, 1988) was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. He was born to an Italian immigrant father (the family name was originally spelled Sciarra, which in Italian is pron ...

's ''

The Killer Angels ''The Killer Angels'' is a 1974 historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. The book depicts the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, and the days leading up to it ...

''.

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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