The Red Badge of Courage
what object did the youth leav behind
chapter 6
chapter 6
His rifle and cap deem to be left behind,
"Directly he began to speed toward the rear in great leaps. His rifle and cap were gone. His unbuttoned coat bulged in the wind. The flap of his cartridge box bobbed wildly, and his canteen, by its slender cord, swung out behind. On his face was all the horror of those things which he imagined."