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A soldier who is physically unable to salute with his or her right hand may render a salute with the left hand.
Unknown., but 53,000 left the colonies after the war.
The right is what's known as the "position of honour", and stems from English tradition. A knight would hold their sword in their right hand, and their shield in their left. Thus, walking to the left is a sort of acknowledgment that they are 'shielded' by the senior person, in a sense.
When he was 9, he left with his father (Hamikar Barca, a Carthaginian general) to Spain, to learn about being a soldier and general.
The average Roman soldier kept or wore his sword on his right hip. A centurion wore his sword on his left hip.