Thomas_Goree

T. J. Goree

T. J. Goree

Confederate Army officer (1835–1905)

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]

Quick Facts Thomas Jewett Goree, Nickname(s) ...

Early life

Civil War service

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.

Death

he died in Galveston Texas of pneumonia on March 5 1905

References

  1. [1]
    Lt Thomas Jewett Goree

Further reading

  • 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.
  1. GOREE, THOMAS JEWETT from the Handbook of Texas Online
  2. "The Battle of Antietam on the Web".
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