He participated in the Battle of Shirakawaguchi and the Battle of Bonari-toge (Aizu war), and was dispatched to Echigo-guchi Takaku-mura as a reinforcement of the Aizu clan.
白河口の戦いや母成峠の戦い（会津戦争）に参戦し、越後口高久村に会津藩の援軍として派遣された。