Because the new film is being shot in high definition with surround-sound, park staff decided to upgrade the projector and speakers for "more of a theater experience."
About 80 people volunteered to be in the film and a number of Appomattox County animals will also star in it.
The film calls for men about the average age of Civil War soldiers, 18-24, to accurately portray the time.
The Appomattox 1865 Foundation is responsible for casting the men and managing the animals.
In between takes, the park's historian re-positioned people and changed clothing to ensure authenticity. They even slathered Appomattox red clay mud onto the horse's legs and men's boots and trousers, something that would have been seen a lot during the hard campaigning back in 1865. The male actors did not shave for a week.
--Old Secesh
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