Gentle Tiger The Gallant Life of Roberdeau Wheat by Charles L. Dufour

Gentle Tiger The Gallant Life of Roberdeau Wheat by Charles L. Dufour, Louisiana State Press 1957, Hardback with Dust Jacket, exlibris Rowan Public Library. Chatham Roberdeau Wheat has been called the grandest of Civil War heroes. Born a Virginia gentleman, was by turns lawyer, politician, filibusterer, wit, bon vivant, and soldier of fortune. Perhaps the most experienced soldier on either side at the outbreak of the Civil War, Wheat led the “Louisiana Tigers”–notorious as the wildest battalion in either army–in some of the war’s bloodiest battles, including Bull Run, the Valley, and the Seven Days. Idolized by his men for his courage and camaraderie, he was adored by women for his dash and gallantry.