The Red Badge of Courage: Henry Fleming Life can be described as a constant process of making and learning from mistakes; likewise, Henry Fleming, from Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, makes a mistake and must learn from it. This novel takes place in April of 1863, before the battle of Chancellorsville. Henry Fleming, the main character, has enrolled in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Henry faces a problem in this novel that he must overcome: the guilt of running away from his first battle. Although he could have chosen a different solution, Henry Fleming chooses to act bravely to rid himself of the