The real Alice Green actually died a few weeks short of her 15th birthday in early 1860, over a year before the start of the Civil War.
Frank Stringfellow became an Episcopal priest after the Civil War and became the first chaplain at Woodberry Forest School. The school was founded by Frank's cousin Captain Robert Stringfellow Walker who served in the Confederate Army under Colonel John S. Mosby. His great grandson Frank Stringfellow is a professor of English at the University of Miami and is a graduate of Woodberry Forest.
This is Hannah James acting debut.
Actress Shalita Grant graduated from Juilliard in 2010, and received a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut.
Director Roxann Dawson also stared in and directed several episodes of Star Trek Enterprise. She has also directed many other successful TV shows