Stanley Fitzgerald Horn (May 27, 1889 – 1980) was an American historian, businessman, and editor. He was born at Neely's Bend in

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, on a farm that had been in his family since the eighteenth century.Harris D. Riley Jr.
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in ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History'' After graduating from high school, he started working for the Cumberland Telephone Company. In 1908, he began working for the ''Southern Lumberman'', a trade paper on the lumber business. Horn became interested in state and Civil War history. A lifelong admiration for Robert E. Lee resulted in Horn's first book in 1935, entitled ''Boys' Life of Robert E. Lee''. In 1938, his book ''The Hermitage: Home of Old Hickory'' was published. ''Invisible Empire: The Story of the

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, 1866''–''1871'' came out the following year. In 1941, Horn published ''The Army of Tennessee: A Military History''. In 1949, he completed ''The Robert E. Lee Reader''. In 1956, he wrote ''The Decisive Battle of Nashville''. In all, Horn authored and published nine books pertaining to the

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. Horn served as president of the

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for fifteen years (1942–53, 1961–65). He also served as chairman of the Tennessee Civil War Commission from 1961 to 1965. When Horn retired from the Tennessee Historical Commission, Governor

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appointed him state historian. Among the awards Horn received was the Building Journalism Award from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

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