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Are there any accounts (even one-off) of guys during the American Civil War shooting left-handed? I expect this kind of thing probably wouldn't have been practical (or tolerated) in line-infantry formations, but what about guys like sharpshooters, irregulars/guerillas, and cavalry, who shot more on an individual basis?
I've come across one or two rare accounts of guys in the Old West who shot left-handed, in one case due to a guy having a long-lasting injury in his right arm. Additionally, I know that in the 19th century there were a few armies who taught cavalrymen to hold the reigns right-handed and fire revolvers left-handed (this is the reason for the existence of the French M1892 revolver with its cylinder that swings out to the right side). So I thought it was worth asking.
I've come across one or two rare accounts of guys in the Old West who shot left-handed, in one case due to a guy having a long-lasting injury in his right arm. Additionally, I know that in the 19th century there were a few armies who taught cavalrymen to hold the reigns right-handed and fire revolvers left-handed (this is the reason for the existence of the French M1892 revolver with its cylinder that swings out to the right side). So I thought it was worth asking.
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