By the time the counterattack on the 5th New York Cavalry Regiment reached this area, the center of Hanover was once again under Union control. The New Yorkers continued along Frederick Street but were soon halted by gunfire from Confederate reinforcements. Control of this area remained uncertain as cavalrymen from New York and Pennsylvania fought those from North Carolina and Virginia. The arrival of Union Brigadier General Farnsworth with elements of the 1st West Virginia and 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiments tipped the balance of power to the Union side. Union cavalrymen then charged again, driving the Confederates in confusion along the road and through the fields. During this charge, Private Thomas Burke of the 5th New York Cavalry captured the colors of the 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment and was later awarded the Medal of Honor. Two companies from the 1st Vermont Cavalry captured approximately twenty prisoners of the worn out 13th Virginia and 2nd North Carolina Cavalry Regiments in this area. S. J. Mason, formerly a sergeant of the 5th New York Cavalry Regiment, recalled, "We captured one of their colonels in an old tan vat, into which his horse had fallen." Private Abraham Folger of the 5th New York Cavalry claimed to have captured Lt. Colonel Payne and said that his gray uniform with its velvet facing and white gauntlet gloves, along with his face and hair, had been completely stained. An unidentified private of the 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment also claimed to have captured Payne.

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