What is William C. Oates?
{{Infobox officeholder |name= William C. Oates |birth_date= {{birth date|1835|11|30}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1910|9|9|1835|11|30}} |image=Official portrait of William Calvin Oates, twenty-ninth governor of Alabama (cropped).jpg |caption= |nickname= |office = 29th [[Governor of Alabama]] |term_start = December 1, 1894 |term_end = December 1, 1896 |predecessor = [[Thomas G. Jones]] |successor = [[Joseph F. Johnston]] |state2 = [[Alabama]] |district2 = {{ushr|AL|3|3rd}} |term_start2 = March 4, 1881 |term_end2 = November 5, 1894 |predecessor2 = [[William J. Samford]] |successor2 = [[George Paul Harrison, Jr.]] |office3 = Member of the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] |term3 = 1870–1872 |birth_place= [[Pike County, Alabama]] |death_place= [[Montgomery, Alabama]] |resting_place= Oakwood Cemetery |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |allegiance= {{unbulleted list|{{flagicon|USA|1891}} [[United States|United States of America]] | {{flagicon|CSA}} [[Confederate States of America]]}} |branch= {{unbulleted list| {{army|CSA}} (CSA) | {{army|United States}} (USA)}} |serviceyears= {{unbulleted list| 1861&ndash;65 | 1898}} |rank= {{unbulleted list| [[File:Confederate States of America Colonel.png|35px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] (CSA) | [[File:Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General (USA)]]}} |unit= |commands= {{unbulleted list| {{flagicon|Alabama|1861}} 15th Alabama Infantry | {{flagicon|Alabama|1861}} 48th Alabama}} |battles= {{plainlist| *[[American Civil War]] *:[[Battle of Gettysburg]] *:[[Battle of Chickamauga]] *:[[Battle of the Wilderness]] *:[[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]] *[[Spanish–American War]] }} |awards= |relations= |laterwork= }} '''William Calvin Oates''' (either November 30 or December 1, 1833 – September 9, 1910) was a [[Confederate States Arm