McGowan's Brigade
(Front):South Carolina
McGowan's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan
1st S.C. Infantry
Col. Comillus W. McCreary
Orr's Rifles
Lt. Col. George McD. Miller
12th S.C. Infantry
Maj. Thomas F. Clyburne
13th S.C. Infantry
Col. Benjamin T. Brockman
14th S.C. Infantry
Col. Joseph N. Brown
(Back):"The Bloody Angle"
In the rainy gloom of May 12, 1864, Brigadier
General Samuel McGowan's brigade of South
Carolinians battled their way into the disputed
earthworks here, near the apex of the Muleshoe
Salient. For eighteen hours the 1,300 South
Carolinians defended these works against
relentless attacks by thousands of Federals,
sometimes engaging in hand-to-hand fighting.
By battle's end, 451 men of the brigade were
killed, wounded, or missing. The slight angle in
the works they defended would forever be
known as the Bloody Angle.
To the brave and heroic men of
McGowan's Brigade
this monument is dedicated
Erected by the State of South Carolina and the
Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan Camp 40
Sons of Confederate Veterans of
Laurens County, South Carolina, 2009
Courtesy hmdb.org
