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Sabers were used by the cavalry for close combat on horses. This was an out-dated weapon by the civil war because the rifles and pistols could fire more than once as in previous wars. Many cavalry carried 2 pistols in their saddle and one carbine and sometimes another pistol on them.

Infantry officers wore swords (not sabers) as a sign of the authority to command.

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