Ezra Ayers Carman (February 27, 1834 – December 25, 1909) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, commanding a New Jersey infantry regiment and (occasionally) a brigade.

Later that month, Carman led a temporary brigade of three regiments sent to help quell the New York Draft Riots.

His regiment was transferred to the newly organized XX Corps under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, serving in the 1st Division under Williams.

Whether the failure of XX Corps, especially of Carman's brigade, to prevent William J. Hardee's escape from Savannah led to this transfer is open to question.

His advance had been stopped by Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler near Izard's Mill, and Carman had not renewed the attack.

After the war, Carman was a civil servant, serving as chief clerk of the United States Department of Agriculture in the years 1877 through 1885.

He also was an author of D. E. Salmon, Ezra Ayers Carman, Hubert A. Heath, and John Minto, Special Report on the History and Present Condition of the Sheep Industry of the United States, published in 1892.