Henry Fleming's Beliefs Of Soldiers In The Civil War

In Greek mythology, Kairos, the youngest child of Zeus, is the god of opportunity and favorable moments. According to the Greeks, he is responsible for providing just the right thing, at just the right time. In Shakespeare’s King Henry V, King Henry finds himself in need of precisely this type of favor as he faces daunting odds. Specifically, what King Henry needs are just the right words and demeanor to inspire his army to fight, despite the unfavorable odds of victory and death. What can King Henry possibly say to get this band of English commoners and criminals to face certain death for the sake of his honor and glory? In response to this precarious moment, King Henry seizes his opportunity to rally his men to battle by giving a rousing

Lincoln’s official reason for the Civil War was to preserve the Union at all costs, and not to put an end to slavery. An antislavery declaration would have driven the Border States into the arms of the South. An antislavery war was also extremely unpopular in the region of southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. That area had been settled largely by Southerners who had carried their racial prejudices with them when they crossed the Ohio River. Thus the war began not as one between slave soil and free soil, but one for the Union with slaveholders on both sides and many proslavery sympathizers in the North.

Before the war started, most of the soldiers from both North and South had been farmers. If the Southerners did not farm they either became carpenters, mechanics, merchants, machinist, lawyers, teachers, blacksmiths, or a dentist. Either way, the people from the North and South had reasons why they joined the army. The main purpose was to fight for patriotism, state pride, adventure, and a steady pay. Having that said, the Union soldiers also fought to preserve the Union. The Confederate soldiers fought to defend their homes and sometimes they attacked because if the Union wins, it could lead the black people be placed with the whites.

Hubbs, G. Ward by reviewing Aaron Sheehan-Dean’s book “Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia" explains: “The soldiers had once enlisted to protect slavery, but their motives were now more complex and more personal.” It is quite understandable that a West or Southwest Virginian soldier’s motivation whose economy was not much dependant on slavery varied with a Tidewater area soldier who was living in a farm. Furthermore, it is predictable that a soldier’s primary main motivation from Southern cause, patriotism, honor, or masculinity at the time of enlistment could have been aggravated and replaced later with “revenge” by losing his brother or father during the battle for instance or even decreased and replaced later with a “Sustaining motivation” just enough to keep him in the army as a result of exhaustion and disgust of this “brother against brother” War of attrition. “I can 't say I am surprised to hear that you are inclined to become a soldier, but I shall be very sorry to hear that you have done so. I am heartily sick, disgusted and worn out with the Army and shall look upon the day I receive my discharge as one of the happiest in my life, but I am willing to remain till the war is over and do what little I can to aid in putting

The event known as the Civil War had redefined the means of being a American. The actions that happened during the war helped that because of the conflicts that made the war occur. The South wanted to keep the slaves, but the North wanted the slaves to be gone and for everyone to have basic human rights, which became controversial and problematic. They divided into states, one that wanted to promote the slavery and one who wanted no slavery at all and became anti-slavery, but why did they decide to fight over it?

In the book Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane. The main character, Henry, has recently enlisted in the Union Army and during his second engagement flees from the battle. The thought of desertion has been a recent dilemma in the mind of young Henry, and he wasn 't sure if that when the time of battle came if he would stay and fight, or desert the battle. When the time comes the regiment Henry is in is told to hold the enemy forces back, and Henry displays courage during the first battle. But as they celebrate, more confederate troops come and a second battle ensues, from which Henry flees from.

The United States Civil War is possible one of the most meaningful, bloodstained and controversial war fought in American history. Northern Americans against Southern Americans fought against one another for a variety of motives. These motives aroused from a wide range of ideologies that stirred around the states. In James M. McPherson’s What they fought for: 1861-1865, he analyzes the Union and Confederate soldier’s morale and ideological components through the letters they wrote to love ones while at war. While, John WhiteClay Chambers and G. Kurt Piehler depict Civil War soldiers through their letters detailing the agonizing battles of war in Major Problems in American Military History. In both books, readers are able to understand the motives of the war, attitudes of Americans and the hostility of battles through the letters of soldiers.

The South didn’t use slaves as soldiers but the North recruited black men and included the free slaves after the emancipation proclamation was approved. The South did as well after the emancipation proclamation but it was not as effective as it was for the North because they didn’t have that support from other world powers. If England or France supported the south then we would’ve maybe seen a different outcome because of a greater pressure to make peace but because they supported the North, it helped them in ultimately winning the civil

While the popular image of the Confederacy, and indeed the Secessionist Southern States as a whole, are looked at as containing white populations uniformly supportive of the Confederate cause, the reality is more complex. As portrayed in Victims: A True Story of the Civil War and Free State of Jones there existed sizable pockets of dissent among the populace whom the Confederate government failed to convert to the cause. In places like the mountains of western North Carolina and southeastern Mississippi this led to desertion, passive resistance, and even outright armed rebellion which sapped Confederate resources that were needed to continue to fight the Union. Though this anti-Confederate feeling would often translate into support for the Union, this was not based on some inherent loyalty to the Federal government. As shown in Victims and Free State of Jones the disunity within the Confederacy stemmed from the failure of the Confederate government to get their non-slave holding lower classes to buy into the pro-slavery ideology of the nation, which was compounded by the lower classes bearing many of the harsh measures of the war including the draft and the

Present day originations of the Civil War horribly overestimate the reason for the war basically being the battle against subjection. While the cancelation of servitude is viewed as an honorable aim to start such a war, numerous northerners were uninterested regarding the matter and fundamentally upheld it as a discipline to their adversary, the South. The head spurring factor for the North was to keep the nation a sacred association and safeguard the flexibilities they had won in the American Revolution. Northerners saw the South as the area of well-off nobles and expected that enabling the nation to part would mean an end of the republic. They believed they needed to constrain the Confederate states to rejoin the United States. Be that as it may, the South's choice to leave the Union was altogether predicated on the subject of subjugation. Notwithstanding the North's expressed hatred towards servitude, at the episode of the war, most Northerners were substance to give subjection a chance to keep on existing in the South and, in the years paving the way to the war, they didn't have significantly unique thoughts regarding race and correspondence than Southerners. Abolitionists were a little part of the populace and got lukewarm help, even in

Henry was a novice fighter coming into his first battle, Battles can be scary especially being new to it and not having experience. The first battle made Henry nervous. Henry didn't want to be a whimp and run again so he fought. He had to show he was not a

In chapter one of What They Fought For, I learned about the letters and diaries of the Confederate soldiers. The themes of the letters were home-sickness, lack of peace, and the defense of home against their invading enemy. The thought of soldiers fighting for their homes and being threatened by invaders, made them stronger when facing adversity. Many men expressed that they would rather die fighting for a cause, than dying without trying and this commitment showed patriotism. Throughout the letters, soldiers claimed their reason for fighting, was for the principles of Constitutional liberty and self-government. There was a comparison between the Civil War and Revolutionary war that the Confederate Armies discussed in their diaries. The Confederate

Henry has both triumphs and defeats which serves to add layers to his complex character. Conflict plagues him throughout every moment in the story, and it follows him through his progression as a soldier in the Civil War and as a person. Quite possibly the most glaring demonstration of conflict from the very beginning of the novel is Man versus Man conflict. It’s difficult to place a story in one of the most famous wars fought in American history without the violence and brutality that comes along with it. The type of conflict used in this novel to add depth and complexity to the story as well as the character of Henry Fleming is Man versus Self. This is shown through his issues with masculinity, courage, and self image. Lastly, and decidedly the hardest to detect conflict in the novel is Man versus Nature. Nature is used not the conventional way, but to show the power human nature has on a person’s thoughts and actions. In Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, conflict is shown through man versus man, man versus nature, and man versus self to show the harsh realities of the civil

Courage is an ideal created in one’s mind that can only be gained through self-acceptance. Courage can be a trait others see, however the question is whether or not one sees it in oneself. Stephen Crane’s artfully crafted novel, The Red Badge of Courage, depicts this inner conflict through a young solider in search of glory on the battlefield, Henry Fleming. Set during the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863), the raging Civil War provides the perfect backdrop for the novel. Stephen Crane published The Red Badge of Courage in October 1895 and masterfully portrayed his ‘Youths’ internal struggle. In The Red Badge of Courage Henry realizes that courage is achieved through admitting mistakes and correcting them, not by false means and selfish motives.

For centuries the notion of war as an exciting and romantic endeavor has existed until Stephen Crane DE glorified war in his novel The Red Badge of Courage. He tells about the true nature and experience of war through a young soldier Henry Fleming and contrasts it with his romantic imagination. Crane introduces a more realistic approach to war which is in contrast to Henry’s expectations.