In 1867 the price for Burley Tobacco was $58 per hundredweight, yet in the movie it was sold for $12.
When Jack goes to see his baby for the first time, he says to Laurel, "Can I hold her?". At this point no-one has told him it's a girl.
The fiddle being played at the homecoming dance is fitted with a chin piece, which was not used until the 20th century.
African American men held important positions, such as the judge portrayed by James Earl Jones, during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War.
Orin confronts Laurel with the truth about Sommersby, saying he brought up Jack's best friend, Hamilton Sayers, as if he was still alive and the real Jack would know his best friend is dead. Sommersby and Townsend talked about everything for four years, he would've brought up his best friend's name and that he had died.