Early in the film, one of the Texas Rangers refers to "Redleggers." They were anti-slavery advocates who later became a Union cavalry unit (their uniforms substituted red ribbons on their blue pants for the yellow stripes of the U.S. Cavalry. They were also called Jayhawkers (the Jayhawk became the mascot for the University of Kansas). They fought primarily against the pro-slavery "border ruffians." Texas was principally southern, and joined the Confederacy.

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