# Taylor — The Red Badge of Courage character guide

> Taylor in The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0012-xiii

## Who they are

A soldier who is wounded and helped by Henry.

## Relationships

### [the general](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_badge_of_courage_se/characters/the_general)

_professional_

Taylor acts as an aide or subordinate to the general, facilitating communication and orders.

### [Henry Fleming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_badge_of_courage_se/characters/henry_fleming)

_social_

Henry has brief, incidental contact with Taylor, a fellow soldier, without developing a meaningful relationship.

### [the general](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_badge_of_courage_se/characters/the_general)

_professional_

Taylor acts as an aide or subordinate to the general, facilitating communication and orders.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_badge_of_courage_se/chapters/ix)

The tattered soldier accompanies Henry and Jim, offering grim advice and witnessing Jim's death.

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