Red Badge of Courage (Cliffs Notes)

In CliffsNotes on The Red Badge of Courage, teenager Henry Fleming enlists with the Union Army during the Civil War. Fear and doubt replace his boyish dreams of glory as the realities of war set in. Henry's transformation from a fearful, lost, doubting youth, to a courageous, confident, duty-bound soldier is the essence of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage. It is the story of the growth of a young man from innocence to maturity.