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| rdfs:comment | - Samuel McGowan (October 19, 1819 – August 9, 1897) was a general from South Carolina in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous "Light Division" and was wounded several times. Ezra Warner's book, Generals in Gray, claims that "McGowan's career and reputation were not excelled by any other brigade commander in the Army of Northern Virginia."
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| death place | - Abbeville, South Carolina
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| Birth Place | - Laurens County, South Carolina
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| Allegiance | - United States of America
- Confederate States of America
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| Battles | - American Civil War
- - Second Battle of Bull Run
- - Battle of Chancellorsville
- - Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
- - First Battle of Bull Run
- - Seven Days Battles
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| abstract | - Samuel McGowan (October 19, 1819 – August 9, 1897) was a general from South Carolina in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous "Light Division" and was wounded several times. Ezra Warner's book, Generals in Gray, claims that "McGowan's career and reputation were not excelled by any other brigade commander in the Army of Northern Virginia."
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