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During the burial scene at the end of the movie, the corpses of the 54th soldiers are shown with only their shoes removed. In reality, the corpses of the 54th dead were stripped of all usable clothing, as the South was desparate for any uniform parts (source: "A Brave, Black Regiment" by Louis Emilio). At the very least, the corpses of the officers would have been picked clean by souvenir hunters. See more...

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In the scene where the 54th returns from the woods battle, they pass the white soldiers playing some music. The song they are playing is actually "Bonnie Blue Flag", a pro-South war song. [The tune is "Bonnie Blue Flag", but Unionists developed their own words to the tune, the most common of which was "The Irish Volunteer." This would have been one of the many camp songs commonly sung by Union troops. [Lyrics can be found at http://www.hauntedfieldmusic.com/Lyrics.html as song 1, and a performance can be heard at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yavz9rzaOSY.].]
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The film's epilogue says that "the fort was never taken". While this is true, it is due largely to the fact that the Confederates simply abandoned the fort two months later. [Did you think this through? I mean, at all? You admit that the statement in the epilogue is accurate, yet still try to claim it as a "factual error"? It's absurd. Regardless of what subsequently happened, the fort was never taken. True fact, by your own admission. ]
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In their first real battle in the woods, Thomas is shot in the upper left arm, yet three days later, after volunteering to carry the flag if the first bearer falls, he is marching forward to attack the fort. In reality, even if the 50+ caliber, 500 grain minie ball (patched balls weren't used in combat) hadn't shattered his humerus, necessitating amputation, it, having struck the medial portion of the arm, would have destroyed the brachial artery or basilic vein, causing tremendous shock, and speedy exanguination. [Depending on the angle and exact entry point at which the projectile entered his flesh, caliber notwithstanding, very little actual damage may have been done. As he is shown in action a mere three days later, and not deceased from "exsanguination", this must be the case. He is very lucky, no doubt, but certainly not defying any laws of physics or biology for the sake of the film's plot.]
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During the assault on Ft. Wagner numerous soldiers are sent flying by explosives. There are several times when you can see a soldier throw himself back without being anywhere near a blast. [There are two possible answeres to this. One: they were hit by a gun. Two: there is rocks and dirt raining down on them. Those rocks were coming down really fast. You can get knocked out or even killed from a rock to the head. And if you have 10 rocks, well you get the point.]
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Shortly after the Christmas supper; Colonel Shaw returns to the Quartermaster for shoes: He says 600 shoes and socks are needed and shortly thereafter he says he needs 700. [Actually he says 600 shoes and 1200 pairs of socks.]
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When Morgan Freeman is helping hand out rifles to the recruits, he is reading off the serial numbers. Springfield muskets of the Civil War did not have serial numbers. [This statement about Springfield rifle is correct, but 54th Mass. was not issued Springfield rifles. This regiment was issued British made Enfield rifles.]
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