Johnse is shot in the side, but later, when he has no shirt on, there is no sign of the wound.
"Cap" Hatfield didn't injure his eye due to a logging accident when he was an adult. His eye injury happened during his childhood due to a firearm's exploding percussion cap.
Valentine "Wall" Hatfield did not preside over the Hog Trial, but it was in fact another Hatfield judge by the name of Anderson "Preacher Anse" Hatfield (not to be confused with "Devil Anse" Hatfield) who actually presided.
At the end of the battle, Devil Anse Hatfield becomes sick of the fighting and deserts to Randolph McCoy's dismay before the latter is captured by the Union.
In truth, McCoy was captured around 10 July 1863. Hatfield didn't desert his unit until 1864.
In truth, McCoy was captured around 10 July 1863. Hatfield didn't desert his unit until 1864.
The opening battle is depicted as "1863, Devil's Backbone - West Virginia". While the real Battle of Devil's Backbone was fought in 1863, it took place in the Trans-Mississippi Theater in Arkansas.
William "Cap" Hatfield didn't acquire the nickname "Cap" due to a logging accident as an adult. And it was not given to him by Uncle Jim Vance. He acquired the nickname as a child,due to an accident involving a firearm's exploding percussion cap,and the nickname was given to him by his father "Devil Anse".
After Anse Hatfield promises Martha McCoy that he'll intervene with Jim Vance, an extra can be seen in the background chopping wood. His use of the axe is not only inexpert, but he is tapping the log not even hard enough to dent the bark.
The Preacher Dyke Garrett is introduced in Episode 1 ca. 1866. By his final scene in Episode 3 which would be in the early 1900s (40 years later) his character has not aged at all.
The congregation sings "At the Cross" which was not published with this tune until 1885. It is also strange that they sing the first verse more than once, when there are several verses to the hymn.
In the early scene in the church, just after the Civil War ends, the congregation is singing "Alas and Did My Savior Bleed", written by Isaac Watts in 1707. But then they add the chorus "At the Cross" which was written by Ralph Hudson in 1885 - years after the depicted time.
The hymn "At the Cross" was not written until 1869.
When Perry Klein is escorting Rosanna to Betty's house. Between his "listing his assets", and her revealing she's pregnant, you can see a car pull out from behind the trees.