Although Isami KONDO, Toshizo HIJIKATA and others moved to Nagareyama and tried to regain power, Isami KONDO was caught by the army of the new government and executed, and Soji OKITA also died in Edo as his tuberculosis worsened.
近藤勇、土方歳三らは再起をかけ、流山へ移動するも、近藤勇が新政府軍に捕われ処刑され、沖田総司も持病であった肺結核の悪化により江戸にて死亡した。