General Bates may refer to:

• Charles Loftus Bates (1863–1951), British Army brigadier general
• Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), Union Army brevet brigadier general
• Henry Bates (British Army officer) (1813–1893), British Army general
• John C. Bates (1842–1919), U.S. Army lieutenant general
• Joshua Hall Bates (1817–1908), Ohio State Militia brigadier general in the American Civil War

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