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