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The following give us a glimpse of the bravery and courage of Imam Husain (عليه السلام) in the battle of Karbala:
1) From Ziyarat al-Nahiyah al-Muaqaddasah as narrated to be from Imam Mahdi (عليه السلام):
فثبت للطعن والضرب، وطحنت جنود الفجار، واقتحمت قسطل الغبار، مجالدا بذي الفقار، كأنك على المختار
"Hence, you stood firm in facing the stabbing & and the striking, You crushed/destroyed the soldiers of the transgressors, and stormed (courageously) into the dust of the battle, fighting with Thulfaqar as if you were Ali (ع), the chosen one."
[Source: al-Mazar al-Kabeer - al-Mashhadi, Pg. 503]
2) From the book aL-Manaqib of Ibn Shahr Ashub:
ثُمَّ حَمَلَ عَلَى الْمَيْمَنَةِ وَ قَالَ
الْمَوْتُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ رُكُوبِ الْعَارِ وَ الْعَارُ أَوْلَى مِنْ دُخُولِ النَّارِ
ثُمَّ حَمَلَ عَلَى الْمَيْسَرَةِ وَ قَالَ
أَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍ أَحْمِي عِيَالاتِ أَبِي
آلَيْتُ أَنْ لَا أَنْثَنِي أَمْضِي عَلَى دِينِ النَّبِيِ
وَ جَعَلَ يُقَاتِلُ حَتَّى قَتَلَ أَلْفاً وَ تِسْعَمِائَةٍ وَ خَمْسِينَ سِوَى الْمَجْرُوحَيْنِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ لِقَوْمِهِ الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَ تَدْرُونَ مَنْ تُبَارِزُونَ هَذَا ابْنُ الْأَنْزَعِ الْبَطِينِ هَذَا ابْنِ قَتَّالِ الْعَرَبِ فَاحْمِلُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبِ فَحَمَلُوا بِالطَّعْنِ مِائَةً وَ ثَمَانِينَ وَ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ بِالسِّهَامِ
Then al-Husayn (عليه السلام) attacked the right wing [of the enemy] and recited:
"Death is better than shame, But shame is better than entering the hellfire."
Then he attacked the left wing [of the enemy], reciting:
I am al-Husayn ibn Ali (عليه السلام), The defender of the family of My Father.
I have sworn never to surrender, As I travel on the path of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله).
He carried on fighting until he had killed 1950 men and wounded a number of others.
Umar ibn Sad told his men, "Woe unto you! Do you know who you are fighting against? This is the son of al-Anza al-Bateen. This is the son of the killer of the Arabs. Attack him from every direction!"
Then they launched an attack on him with 180 lancers and 4000 archers.
[Source: al-Manaqib - Ibn Shahr Ashub, Vol. 4, Pg. 110]