Gentle Tiger: The Gallant Life of Roberdeau Wheat
LSU Press, April 1999. Trade Paperback. Chatham Roberdeau Wheat has rightly been called the grandest of Civil War heroes. Born a Virginia gentleman, this handsome giant was by turns lawyer, politician, filibusterer, wit, bon vivant, and soldier of fortune. Perhaps the most experienced soldier on either side at the outbreak..... More