Statistics for occurrence #1 of “McGowan” in chapter 13 of Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina:

...ina under the lamented Gregg, and when that gallant and accomplished soldier fell at Fredericksburg, was promoted to take command of the brigade, thenceforth known in the army of Northern Virginia as McGowan 's brigade. McGowan's brigade, after being engaged in skirmishing, and under artillery fire on the 1st, moved out with Hill's division early on the 2d. As soon as the First regiment left the cover...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
† Samuel McGowan 238 131 26 9 0 user votes
McGowan 273 0 51 0 0 user votes
S. McGowan 113 0 5 0 0 user votes
John McGowan 57 0 5 0 0 user votes
S. C. McGowan 28 0 0 0 0 user votes
Patrick McGowan 22 0 0 0 0 user votes
George McGowan 16 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. McGowan 14 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. E. McGowan 9 0 1 0 0 user votes
Gen S. McGowan 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alden T. McGowan 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Pat McGowan 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
William A. McGowan 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
John R. McGowan 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Ned McGowan 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
James McGowan 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
John J. McGowan 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
John W. McGowan 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Martin McGowan 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. W. McGowan 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rodney W. McGowan 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas J. McGowan 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
— Mcgowan 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. McGowan 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Homer McGowan 1 1 1 1 0 user votes
J. H. McGowan 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
John F. McGowan 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Robert McGowan 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.