Brigadier General Joseph Alfred Gaston (September 2, 1856 – March 31, 1937) was a United States Army officer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Afterward, he entered the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1881 and being commissioned into the 8th Cavalry Regiment.

[2] He graduated from the United States Army War College in 1912,[3] and between November 1913 and April 1914, after traveling again to the Philippines between 1908 and 1910, he commanded the Cavalry School at Fort Riley.

[4] Gaston later commanded the 6th Cavalry Regiment and served at the border with Mexico and on the Pancho Villa Expedition in that capacity.

[5][3] Gaston was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on August 5, 1917, and assumed command over the 165th Depot Brigade at Fort Travis in Texas.