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 (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...
and
Creek
A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet.
Creek may also refer to:
People
* Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans
...
Indian history.
Personal life
Halbert was born in
Pickens County, Alabama and was raised in
Lowndes County, Mississippi.
In 1857, Halbert earned an M.A. from Tennessee's
Union University.
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
The 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Chustenahlah in 1861. The following year the unit fought at Pea Ridge, First Corin ...
, Confederate Army.
He was wounded at
New Hope, Georgia in 1864.
From 1866 to 1872, Halbert taught at
Waco University
Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...
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
Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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.
Halbert died of
tuberculosis on May 9, 1916.
He was buried in
Montgomery, Alabama.
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 botanist, ornithologist, natural historian and explorer. Bartram was the author of an acclaimed book, now known by the shortened title ''Bartram's Travels'', which chronicled ...
*
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 ...
*
Horatio B. Cushman
*
Angie Debo
*
Gideon Lincecum
Gideon Lincecum (22 April 1793 – 28 November 1874) was an American pioneer, historian, physician, philosopher, and naturalist. Lincecum is known for his exploration and settlement of what are now the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi and Texa ...
*
John R. Swanton
References
External links
Henry S. Halbert's Find-A-Grave Website
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20th-century American historians
1837 births
1916 deaths
Historians from Alabama
Confederate States Army soldiers
20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in Alabama