"The Yellow Rose of Texas", heard as a theme throughout the film, was popular among soldiers in the Confederate Army's Texas Brigade during the American Civil War. Gen. Hood introduced it as a marching song when he took command of the Army of Tennessee in 1864.
A great film for young Harrison Ford spotters! Although one of the seven Texan friends heading to join the confederate army he remains in the shadows or beneath his hat brim for most of the film until he dies off-screen. Hidden behind a bizarrely bewigged James Caan, Don Stroud, Michael Sarrazin and Jan Michael Vincent.
The soldier's readings in the church come from Matthew Chapter 5 and Psalm 23.
The Pensacola Light Blues are a fictitious regiment..