The Crossing - S1-E4
Factual error: The Dutton camp as well as Shea Brennon and Thomas are using modern thin Teflon/non-stick coated coffee mugs/pot.
Continuity mistake: After the horse race with Sam, Elsa and Sam are talking with bright high sun and shadows on Elsa's face. Moments later the the sun is low on the horizon in clouds. Then later in the same scene the sun is high and the strong shadows are on her face again.
Character mistake: Captain is warning German travelers about poison oak and ivy, but holding up the leaf of an oak tree.
Question: At the beginning, when Dutton wakes up on the battlefield, was it that he was just knocked unconscious by either the concussion of an artillery round or even the butt of a musket?
Answer: Tim McGraw (the actor of James) put it best. McGraw has explained that James has PTSD from serving in the war. It doesn't help that, per McGraw, James was forced to serve and did not actually want to participate in it. This would make the war not only a shameful memory for him, but a painful one at that. Especially during a time when therapy was not a thing and people, particularly the male head of the households, were taught to hold feelings like that back. In his suffering brain, he thought it was best to try to put that memory aside rather than openly talk about it.