In the spring of 1861, Faison was a cadet in the Class of 1861 (having enrolled in 1857) at West Point when he left West Point and returned to North Carolina. He enlisted on May 28, 1861 as a major in the 14th NC Infantry. He resigned on April 26, 1862 when he was defeated for reelection as major. On July 31, 1862. Faison was commissioned as a colonel in the 56th NC Infantry. He was acquitted in a courtmartial action in 1863 after his men had been surprised and ambushed. He was hospitalized in Raleigh, NC from July 24, 1864 to September 1, 1864 with acute diarrhea. He was recommended for promotion to brigadier general in October 1864, but the promotion did not occur. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
He moved to Raleigh, NC after the war, where he was a farmer in 1870 and a cotton dealer in 1880. At the time of his death in Shawnee, Oklahoma on March 3, 1896, Faison was a United States Indian Inspector. The 1896 Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs lists his home in 1895 as Raleigh, NC and his compensation as $2500, and indicates he was an "inspector in the field." He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, NC.
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