Charles Wesley Phifer (January 1833 – December 25, 1896) was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War who was unofficially appointed brigadier general.

After this, he did a brief stint on the staff of Major General Earl Van Dorn, his old army (2nd Cavalry) comrade.

Phifer was captured at the Siege of Vicksburg, was paroled and afterward resumed service on Reynolds's staff.

In the 1880s, he worked for Interior Department as superintendent of the Wichita tribe's Indian school (his wife taught there) but was dismissed after yet another drinking incident.

On December 25, 1896, while intoxicated, he accidentally fell down the steps of the cellar of Abrams' Savannah saloon and broke his neck.