Private Fleming at Chancellorsville the red badge of courage and the Civil War - Lentz, Perry (University of Missouri Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-341) and index
"Focusing on the exploits of Private Henry Fleming and his fellow soldiers, Lentz's study of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage debunks earlier criticism of the novel as impressionistic by proving, through a close examination of war history, combat, and, specifically, the Chancellorsville battle, its realistic founding"--Provided by publisher
Crane's fiction and Crane's research -- The rifled musket: infantry combat in the Civil War -- Private Fleming's regiment enters combat -- Private Fleming's "well-meaning cow": the implications of Crane's literary style -- Private Fleming and stereotypes of modern war -- Private Fleming's evening hegira: "He must be a hero" -- Private Fleming and Major General Hooker -- Private Fleming and the 304th New York on May 3, 1863 -- "He was a man": "manhood" in The Red Badge of Courage -- The Red Badge of Courage and war -- Literature as mousetrap: the reader caught