Murata was an army supervisor of the second platoon of Yugeki (commando unit) at the onset of the Boshin War (in 1868) and served as a guard at the gate of Midaidokoro (the gate where a wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman used) at the time of the Battle of Toba and Fushimi, and later he went into the Battle of Yodo and the Battle of Hachiman, and participated in the acceptance of Osaka-jo Castle and marching into Himeji (since Himeji surrendered, he went to Akashi and went back).
村田は、戊辰戦争開始時（明治元年（1868年））は遊撃二番小隊の監軍であり、鳥羽伏見の戦いのときは御台所御門の警備をしていたが、のちに淀の戦い・八幡の戦い・大阪城受け取り・姫路進撃（姫路が降伏したので、明石まで行って帰る）などにも出陣した。