The Horse Soldiers

Revealing mistake: In the scene where the soldier has to have his leg amputated, when a soldier steps over him, he accidentally hits the knife, which bends, revealing it's a rubber prop.

Factual error: Towards the end when the cavalry uncovers the American flag, it has 50 stars.

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Major Kendall: Now come off it Colonel, even you were born.

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Trivia: This movie is based (loosely of course) on an actual Civil War raid led by Colonel Benjamin Grierson. See: "Grierson's Raid: A Cavalry Adventure of the Civil War" by Dee Brown.

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