This is a book review on the Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane and how the book relates to U.S. History and the civil war.

Red Badge of Courage
I read the book, "Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane This is a story set
during the United States Civil War It takes us into the life of a young man named Henry
Fleming, who is usually referred to as the Youth in the story The basic idea of the book
is, the Youth joins the US. Army that's fighting war against the South. The author,
Crane gives us a very good picture of what life was like for the Youth and why he lived
his life so independently The Youth, who feared the battle, ends up having war be his
teacher While every time he went out to fight he finds some mor…