serviceyears laterwork branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name size
1862 & ndash ; 1865 -lrb- army -rrb- illinois house of representatives illinois treasurer united states army union army 29 may 1898 minneapolis , minnesota plainfield , massachusetts united states of america union 80th illinois volunteer infantry regiment place of burial american civil war 29 february 1828 oak ridge cemetery springfield , illinois 35px brigadier general erastus newton bates.png erastus newton bates
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erastus newton bates

erastus newton bates -lrb- february 29 , 1828 -- may 29 , 1898 -rrb- was an american politician and general from massachusetts .
a graduate of williams college , bates was an early settler of minnesota and participated in its first constitutional convention and state senate .
he then moved to illinois , where he served with the civil war .
a longtime prisoner of war , bates was commissioned a brevet brigadier general .
upon his return from the war , he served in the illinois house of representatives and as illinois treasurer .
