 The film mostly omits a few of General Jacksons eccentricities, but  makes sly reference to them. The real Stonewall Jackson rode with a  hand raised at all times, as he felt it was necessary to balance his  bodily humors. In the film, Jackson suffers a wound to one hand, and  spends a scene riding in that manner, ostensibly to staunch the  bleeding. In addition, the real Jackson 