. "Bates, John Coalter"@en . . . "Chief of Staff of the United States Army" . . "John Coalter Bates"@en . . . . "1842-08-26Z"^^ . "1919Z"^^ . "1861Z"^^ . . . . . "1919-02-04Z"^^ . . . . "Chief of Staff of the United States Army" . "1861Z"^^ . "1842Z"^^ . "John Coalter Bates (August 26, 1842 \u2013 February 4, 1919) was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from January to April 1906. Along with Arthur MacArthur, Jr., Bates was one of the last American Civil War veterans still on active duty in the United States military at the time of his retirement.Bates was born in St. Charles County, Missouri to congressman and future Attorney General Edward Bates and Julia Davenport Coalter. He was educated at Washington University in St. Louis."@en .