A veteran of the U.S. Civil War, where he fought for the 12th Maine Regiment against the Confederates in Louisiana, he was hired by the Japanese government as a foreign adviser to assist in the modernization of the Japanese education system after the Meiji Restoration.
A veteran of the U.S. Civil War, he was hired by the Japanese government as a foreign adviser. This was to assist in the modernization of the Japanese education system after the Meiji Restoration. He fought for the 12th Maine Regiment against the Confederates in Louisiana.