Richard Waterhouse (January 12, 1832 – March 20, 1876) was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.

During the Civil War, he helped to raise the 19th Texas Infantry Regiment in and around Jefferson and was elected colonel of the unit on May 13, 1862.

At Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, on August 18, 1862, he won high commendations from Henry Eustace McCulloch for leading a determined charge against Federal troops within artillery range of Union gunboats.

"[1] After transfer to William R. Scurry's brigade, he fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill during the Red River Campaign in spring 1864.

After the war, Waterhouse lived in San Antonio and in Jefferson, Texas, where he speculated in land.