Info about the last battle Harada participated in.

More from the book on Saigo, The Last Samurai. This time about the
Shogitai. This is the group Sano Harada joined after parting with the
Shinsengumi. Most believe he died during this battle, commonly known
as the Ueno War. It's a whole paragraph, so I'll quote the whole
passage for you:

"...In both Edo and the northeast there was talk of continued war
against the "wicked traitors".

Saigo faced this looming crisis firsthand in Edo. The city was
patrolled by the Shogitai, or "League to Demonstrate Righteousness,"
a newly formed brigade of former shogunal soldiers. These troops had
helped keep peace and order during the surrender of Edo Castle, but
now they bristled at the thought of abandoning the shogun's capital
to Satsuma forces. From their base at Kan'eiji Temple at the top of
Ueno Hill they mocked imperial troops, and by 1868/i4 they had begun
attacking imperial patrols. Katsu attempted to restrain them, but to
no effect. Saigo, although concerned, was reluctant to rush a
confrontation. With so many imperial troops in the northeast and
rural Kanto, imperial forces in Edo were actually outnumbered. At a
command meeting on 5/1 Saigo argued against attacking until
reinforcements arrived, but the Choshu commander, Omura Masujiro,
disagreed. The imperial government had plans to make Edo its new
capital, and shogunal forces would therefore have to be eliminated.
Saigo still had his reservations, but when the Shogitai escalated its
attacks on Satsuma forces, he relented. The final assault was set for
5/15. At dawn that day imperial forces attacked the Shogitai.
Satsuma's forces rushed the gates of Kan'eiji head-on and met fierce
resistance. After a frustrating delay, Choshu forces launched an
attack on the rear of the temple compound, but not before Satsuma had
suffered heavy losses. Despite the poor coordination and the
Shogitai's superior numbers, by evening the Shogitai was defeated.
The shogunal capital was now an imperial capital. Two months later
the city was renamed Tokyo, or "Eastern Capital"."

No mention of who lead the Shogitai still. Katsu refers to Katsu
Kaishu, who was at one point in charge of the Tokugawa armed forces.


-MissBehavin

I just got a book from the library which discusses the Shogitai...will
post notes later