This information was reprinted from the Confederate Veteran Magazine.

We Hope You've Made Plans to be at the Bloody Angle on May 9, 2009. Join us in dedicating this fine monument to the men of McGowan's Brigade on the Spotsylvania National Battlefield.

The opportunity to place a monument on a National Battlefield doesn't come along very often. When the men of the McGowan Camp learned that the National Battlefield Park Service was open to the idea of placing a monument to McGowan's Brigade at the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania, we determined to take advantage of the opportunity. While such a project is not easy, with many hurdles to overcome, the finish line is now in sight. We hope that you can be with us at the Bloody Angle on May 9, 2009, at 10:30 AM, to dedicate this monument to the men who simply refused to lose during 18 hours of the most grueling fighting of the War.

Plans are being finalized for an inspiring dedication service. Keynote speaker will be noted author and historian, Gordon Rhea.

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We are expecting extensive media coverage. The more people in attendance, the bigger the impact. What better opportunity for positive publicity for the SCV and our Confederate heroes??

Thanks to all who have graciously helped make this project a reality. Without you, it would not have been possible. You honor your Confederate ancestor, wherever he may have fought.

Brigadier General Samuel McGowan Camp 40, PO Box 453, Laurens, SC 29360. Commander Robert Roper, III, 864-682-3775, Lt. Commander Gary Davis, 864-876-2995.

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Monument Inscription on Front: 1861 - 1865, DEO VINDICE. South Carolina
McGowan's Brigade
Grig. 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.

Monument Inscription on Back: CSA "THE BLOODY ANGLE".

In the rainy gloom of May 12, 1864, Brigadier General Samuel McGowan's brigade of South Carolinians battles their way into the disputed earthworks here, near the apex of the Muleshoe Salient. For eighteen hours the 1300 South Carolinians defended these works against relentless attacks by thousands of Federals, sometimes engaging in hand-to-hand fighting. By battles 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.