serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1841 -- 1883 united states army union army 20 march 1900 cohasset , massachusetts cohasset , massachusetts united states of america union place of burial mexican-american war 12 january 1819 central cemetery , cohasset brigadier general brevet major general zbtower.jpg zealous bates tower
 zealous bates tower
zealous bates tower

zealous bates tower -lrb- january 12 , 1819 -- march 20 , 1900 -rrb- was an american soldier and civil engineer who served as a general in the union army during the american civil war .
he was most noted for constructing the solid defenses of federal-occupied nashville , tennessee , which proved to withstand repeated attacks by the confederates .
