The Red Badge of Courage

Discuss the "temporary but sublime absence of selfishness" that overcomes the regiment in battle. How does Henry's awarness change in the immediacy of the battle?

Chapter 19

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The soldiers are trying to survive. They forget all things and are swept up in the moment of the fight. Henry is in the moment fighting because his life depends on it.