Since then, it has grown to honor military members lost across all wars. Memorial Day was created in 1868 to honor the more than 200,000 lives lost during the American Civil War. I would also recommend this book to ROTC members or teens considering enlistment and their families to open honest discussions about the realities of war. This book should be recommended reading for high school and college students in American History or Literature courses. I would recommend this book for more mature audiences over 16 due to the discussion of battlefield circumstances and death. I did find fault with some of the language, but this may have been a consequence of the times and appropriate when the book was written. The honest look at fear, shame, and potential PTSD through the lens of 19th century standards was striking and appreciated. The vivid descriptions of the battlefield brought the scenes and characters to life for me. I give The Red Badge of Courage 4 out of 5 stars. While this book covers a bygone time and military technology, the internal dialogue and conflict is relevant to today’s military warriors. Crane drew upon war stories from local veterans and may loosely be based on the 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment’s battle at Chancellorsville. Crane himself was not a veteran of this war and was born 6 years after the close. Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage is a tale of a fictional Union regiment in the Civil War.
Now bearing his own Red Badge of Courage, Henry returns to the battle. Embarrassed by his lack of bravery and desperate to make up for it when his side wins the battle, he works to rejoin his men only to be injured by another confused and fleeing soldier. But now, faced with the reality of war and fearing defeat, he deserts his company.
Henry Flemming enlisted as a teenager with romantic ideas of what serving in the military would be like. It’s a cold, foggy day on the battlefield.
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