Akiyoshi came back home briefly, but after a short time he left Edo together with the former navy of bakufu led by Takeaki ENOMOTO; after that, he moved from place to place to fight at various places together with the former Army of bakufu.
一旦は自宅に戻ったものの、榎本武揚の旧幕府海軍とともに江戸を脱出し、以後旧幕府軍とともに各地を転戦した。