American Indian Wars Asa Bacon Carey (July 12, 1835 – April 4, 1912) was a career officer in the United States Army.

A native of Canterbury, Connecticut, Carey worked as a farm laborer as a teenager, then began attendance at the United States Military Academy.

During the American Civil War, Carey served in the Union Army and performed recruiting, mustering, commissary, and paymaster duties, primarily in New Mexico.

[1] In 1854, Carey received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

[3][5] Carey was appointed a second lieutenant of Infantry and assigned to the garrison at Fort Columbus, New York.

[3][7] After an extended post-war leave of absence, Carey served as chief commissary of the Department of Dakota from August to October 1867.

[3] From October 1885 to April 1887 he was assigned to the Presidio of San Francisco on the staff of the chief paymaster for the Department of California.

[3] From June 1889 to January 1893, Carey performed paymaster duties for districts based in New York City and Boston.

[3][9] In retirement, Carey was a summer resident of Tisbury, Massachusetts, and spent winters in Orlando, Florida.

[1][10] Edith Colby Carey was the wife of Brigadier General Meriwether Lewis Walker.