Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Carey ki Brooklyn, New York, ka uru atu ki te 17th New York Volunteer Infantry i te Mahuru o te tau 1863. I kī ia kua whawhai ia ki Bentonville, Jonesboro me Atlanta
i mua i tana rerenga i te Hōngongoi 1865.