The character of Harriet Hutter is portrayed by her great-great-granddaughter.
The courthouse bell heard sounding the alarm is the same bell that sounded that alarm in 1864- 13 short chimes
Most of the VMI cadets in the film were portrayed by actual VMI cadets.
The oil paintings that were vandalized by Union soldiers were canvas copies of the actual painting slashed in 1864. The soldier bayonetting the paintings was a visiting tourist who was talked into being in the film.
The young boys of the Home Guard were portrayed by local Boy Scouts.