Samson Lane Faison papers, 1918-1919; 1937 [manuscript].
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Samson Lane Faison (1860-1940) was an officer in the United States Army and a brigadier general in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. Faison was educated at the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1883. From the guide to the Samson Lane Faison Papers, ., 1918-1919; 1937, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...
