Approximately 700 soldiers of Sofutai (a military unit) and Kaitentai (a military unit), which were troops of hatamoto shitei (children of hatamoto [direct retainers of the bakufu]) and were on separate activity, joined with them (which became Denshushikantai later) to fight together at North Kanto to Hokuriku/Aizu, and finally they fought in Goryokaku in Hokkaido.
別行動を取った草風隊、回天隊などの旗本子弟の部隊約700人も合流(後の伝習士官隊）、北関東から北陸・会津で戦い、最後は北海道の五稜郭へと転戦する。