Shisen-gumi was given a mission by the shogunate to prevent advancement of the new government's army into Kofu, changed their name to Koyo Chinbutai and set out, but lost the war.
新選組は幕府から、新政府軍の甲府進軍を阻止する任務を与えられ甲陽鎮撫隊へと名を改め出撃するも敗戦。