The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War takes place during the Civil War at an unnamed time and place (it's believed to be a fictionalization of the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia.

• Because The Red Badge of Courage is in the public domain, you can read it online at Project Gutenberg
• Listen to or download an audiobook version read by Librivox volunteers from the Internet Archive
• The Stephen Crane Society is full of useful sources
• Some additional information is available at the Red Badge of Courage website (ad-supported)
• Read an excerpt of Shelby Foote's introduction to the novel at Random House
• Many teaching resources, helpful for all readers, are available online:
  • NEH lesson plan 1
  • NEH lesson plan 2
  • End of chapter questions
  • Yale Teacher Institute lesson plan
  • Classroom issues
• Essays available online:
  • Early reviews
  • Battle of Chancellorsville
  • "Imaging the Civil War: Authenticity in Painting, Photography, and The Red Badge of Courage"