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Henry Sale Halbert (January 14, 1837 – May 9, 1916) was an American historian. He is known for writing ''The Creek War of 1813 and 1814.'' The book is a well known source for
Choctaw The Choctaw ( ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States, originally based in what is now Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choct ...
and Creek Indian history.


Personal life

Halbert was born in
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, and was raised in
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. In 1857, Halbert earned an M.A. from Tennessee's
Union University Union University is a private Baptist university in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional campuses in Germantown and Hendersonville. The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). It was estab ...
. He served with the Texas State troops in 1860. Most of his Texas military action was against Indians. When the American Civil War began, Halbert enrolled with the 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Confederate Army. He was wounded at New Hope, Georgia in 1864. From 1866 to 1872, Halbert taught at Waco University in Texas. He also taught at other academic institutions in Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. From 1884 to 1899, Halbert was involved with the Mississippi Choctaws. Halbert became acquainted with the Indian's knowledge during his time among the Choctaws. Much of this information formed the bases of his works and helped him become an authority on the Choctaw and Creek Indians. In 1904, he began to work at the
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. He was the author of numerous publications for the '' American Antiquarian'', ''The American Anthropologist'', and many others. He was co-editor of a dictionary of the
Choctaw language The Choctaw language (Choctaw: ), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, US, is a member of the Muskogean languages, Muskogean language family. Chickasaw language, Chickasaw is a separate but closely related l ...
. Halbert died of
tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can al ...
on May 9, 1916. He was buried in
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.


Works

* 1895. ''The Creek War of 1813 and 1814.'' Chicago, Illinois: Donohue & Henneberry; Montgomery, Alabama: White, Woodruff, & Fowler. Co-written with Timothy H. Ball.


See also

* Timothy H. Ball *
William Bartram William Bartram (April 20, 1739 – July 22, 1823) was an American naturalist, writer and explorer. Bartram was the author of an acclaimed book, now known by the shortened title Bartram's ''Travels'', which chronicled his explorations of the S ...
*
Cyrus Byington Cyrus Byington (March 11, 1793 – December 31, 1868) was a Christian missionary from Massachusetts who began working with the Choctaw in Mississippi in 1821. Although he had been trained as a lawyer, he abandoned law as a career and became a mi ...
* Horatio B. Cushman *
Angie Debo Angie Elbertha Debo (January 30, 1890 – February 21, 1988),
* Gideon Lincecum *
John R. Swanton John Reed Swanton (February 19, 1873 – May 2, 1958) was an American anthropologist, folklorist, and linguist who worked with Native American peoples throughout the United States. Swanton achieved recognition in the fields of ethnology and ethn ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halbert, Henry S. 20th-century American historians 1837 births 1916 deaths Historians from Alabama Confederate States Army soldiers 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Alabama