William Gaston Lewis (September 3, 1835 – January 7, 1901) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

[1] His first cousin Anna Lewis married Captain Luther Rice Mills, who later became a college Professor at Wake Forest University.

Soon after the death of his father, the family moved to Chapel Hill, where Lewis entered the University of North Carolina, studying civil engineering.

[3] When the Civil War began, Lewis joined the Confederate army as the third lieutenant of Company A, 1st North Carolina Regiment ("Bethel").

Lewis returned to North Carolina in December 1862 and took part in the fighting in and around New Bern and Kinston.

After the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg, Lewis returned to North Carolina and took positions around New Bern.