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Who Is Nathan Algren?

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Who Is Nathan Algren?

Nathan Algren (born 1835) was a US Army captain and American Civil War and Plains Indian Wars veteran who served as an advisor to the Imperial Japanese Army during the Meiji Restoration period and later to Saigo Takamori

Saigo Takamori
Saigō Takamori (Takanaga) (西鄕 隆盛 (隆永), January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877) was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. Living during the late Edo and early Meiji periods, he later led the Satsuma Rebellion against the Meiji government.
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during the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877.

Is Nathan Algren a real person?

His character, the noble Captain Algren, was actually largely based on a real person: the French officer Jules Brunet. Brunet was sent to Japan to train soldiers on how to use modern weapons and tactics.

Why does Captain Nathan Algren go to Japan?

1 Why did Captain Nathan Algren go to Japan? Answer: He was hired to train the Japanese army. ... Algren agreed to accept the job to train the army, provided they pay him $500 a month.

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