US Civil War cavalry used both the revolver and saber, with different exponents of both. Here we look at an awesome source from a veteran of that war: https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio... Volunteer Cavalry
The Lessons of the Decade
By Frederick Whittaker · 1871

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