The Red Badge of Courage
By Stephen Crane
- Release Date: 2015-02-21
- Genre: Classics
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane is a novel about a young private of the Union Army who flees from the field of battle against the Confederacy. The shame of leaving the fight causes him to long for a wound or “red badge of courage” to counteract his cowardice.