In the song that is sung over the opening credits, Sabata is referred to as a "nine-fingered man." This was a reference to actor Lee Van Cleef who was missing a portion of a middle finger, the result of an accident when building a playhouse for his daughter.
This was actually the second "Sabata" film. Because of the success of the original "Sabata" (1969), an unrelated spaghetti western starring Yul Brynner had his character renamed "Sabata" in the English dubbing and that dubbed version was released under the title "Adios, Sabata" (1971).
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.
The Confederacy never issued Military Medals.
Sabata was portrayed by Lee Van Cleef in the first film, Yul Brynner in the second, and Lee Van Cleef again in the third.