Boshin War
During the Boshin war, in 1868-1869. Henry is known to have counselled the Daimyo of Nagaoka, in Niigata, to whom he especially sold two Gatling guns (only another one existed in Japan at the time), 2,000 French rifles, and various other armaments. Troops seized Edwards' storehouse in Niigata in 1869, in a compromise brokered by the Dutch consul he received $ 40000 compensation in 1873. Apparently he lost most of his invested money in Germany during the economic crises of the late 1870s.
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