Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's sidearm.
Well at The Battle of the Greasy Grass anyway, he had numerous sidearms.
I vote for SAA because the Army was on a standardization kick at the time. At least one of the 7th Cavalry troops lobbied hard to retain their Spencers to no avail when the transition to the M1873 Flop-Top carbine happened.
Of course, being a contrary cuss, a standardization kick would trigger a response from the Brevet General to use anything but the standard weapons. He was packing a Remington rolling-block in .50-90, for example, rather than a Trap-Door.
Well at The Battle of the Greasy Grass anyway, he had numerous sidearms.
I vote for SAA because the Army was on a standardization kick at the time. At least one of the 7th Cavalry troops lobbied hard to retain their Spencers to no avail when the transition to the M1873 Flop-Top carbine happened.
Of course, being a contrary cuss, a standardization kick would trigger a response from the Brevet General to use anything but the standard weapons. He was packing a Remington rolling-block in .50-90, for example, rather than a Trap-Door.