The Battle: An Episode in the War of 1812

I wrote this when I was about 13 years old, and it is very heavily inspired by Stephen Crane's 'The Red Badge of Courage' to the point where it's basically a rip-off. In particular you'll note this in a lot of the imagery, and the explicit use of dialect in dialogue -- the latter of which I now regret.

I love 'The Red Badge of Courage' and wanted to write something of the same ilk, but being Canadian decided to set it in the War of 1812. In hindsight the epilogue is horrifically cliche.