The Red Badge of Courage

This masterfull impressionistic novel published thirty years after the American Civil War had ended, "The Red Badge of Courage" follows the trials and tribulations of Henry Fleming, a recruit in the American Civil War. Considered to be one of the most influential war stories every written, although the author Stephen Crane was born after the war and never experienced battle himself, he was highly praised by the Civil War veterans for having capture a realistic impression of their actual battlefield experiences and emotions.